| Carter Cove Creek | rises in the Elk Mountains, central Buncombe County, and flows SW into Beaverdam Creek. |
| Carter Creek | rises in the Great Craggy Mountains, NE Buncombe County, and flows generally NW to join Mineral Creek in forming Stony Creek. |
| Carter Gap | on the Clay-Macon county line. |
| Carter Mill Ridge | N Madison County between Big Creek and Mill Creek. |
| Carter Mountain | N Buncombe County near the Madison County line. |
| Carter Pond | S Wayne County in Yellow Swamp. |
| Carter Top | on the N end of Rich Mountain in NW Jackson County. |
| Carteret | town est. 1723 to be laid out on the NE side of Roanoke Island, then Bertie, later Tyrrell, and now E Dare County. An act of 1715, without naming the town, attempted to encourage its establishment. A few lots may have been sold by 1733, when it was referred to as "Roanoak Town," but it never developed as planned. |
| Carteret County | was formed in 1722 from Craven County. Located in the E section of the state, it is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, by Onslow, Jones, and Craven Counties, and by Neuse River and Pamlico Sound. Bogue and Core Sounds separate the Outer Banks from the mainland of the county. It was named for John Carteret (1690-1763), later second Earl Granville, one of the Lords Proprietors. Area: 1,063 sq. mi. (532, land; 531, water). County seat: Beaufort, with an elevation of 9 ft. Townships are Beaufort, Cedar Island, Davis, Harkers Island, Merrimon, Harlowe, Marshallberg, Morehead, Newport, Portsmouth, Smyrna, Straits, and White Oak. Produces corn, soybeans, Irish potatoes, Irish potatoes, hogs, apparel, boxes, boats, and seafood. |
| Carteret Precinct | Albemarle County, formed by 1681, composed of present Currituck, Pasquotank, and Camden Counties. |