| Chemway | community in W Mecklenburg County. |
| Cheney Bay | S Carteret County, lying between Turner Creek and North River Thorofare. |
| Cheoah | community in E central Graham County on Sweetwater Creek. Alt. 2,300. Named for the Indian word tsiyahi or cheeohwa, meaning "otter." |
| Cheoah Bald | on the Graham-Swain county line between Bellcollar Gap and Sassafras Gap. Alt. 5,062. |
| Cheoah Branch | rises in NW Swain County and flows SW into Fontana Lake. |
| Cheoah Mountains | extend across central Graham County E in an arc from the headwaters of Gladdens Creek to the headwaters of Sawyer Creek. |
| Cheoah River | is formed in central Graham County by the junction of Sweetwater and Tulula Creeks. It flows NW into Little Tennessee River at Cheoah Dam. Santeetlah Lake is on Cheoah River. |
| Cheoah Township | S Graham County. See also Qualla Boundary. |
| Cheoah Valley | See Robbinsville. |
| Chepanuu | two Indian villages of the Weapemeoc tribe shown on the De Bry map, 1590, in what is now SW Pasquotank County on the Little River estuary. |