| Commissary Ridge | S Yancey County between Mount Mitchell and Commissary Hill. |
| Commissioner Gap | S Macon County between Rich Knob and Commissioners Creek. |
| Commissioners Creek | rises in S Macon County and flows SE into Little Tennessee River. Likely named in honor of the commissioners who surveyed the North Carolina-Georgia state line in 1819. |
| Como | town in N Hertford County. First known as Buckhorn. Post office est. in 1883 was named Como for Lake Como in Italy. Inc. 1967. |
| Company Mills | community in NE Guilford County served by post office, 1873-1903. |
| Company Shops | See Burlington. |
| Compass Bald Mountain | NE Clay County at the head of Compass Creek. Alt. 3,296. |
| Compass Creek | rises in central Nash County, flows SE into Edgecombe County, and enters Tar River 1 mi. E of Edgecombe-Nash county line. |
| Compass Creek | rises in N Clay County between Julie Ridge and Deadline Ridge and flows S into Tusquitee Creek. Received its name when Robert Henry, a surveyor and Revolutionary War veteran, dropped his compass in the stream as he was crossing it. |
| Complex | community in SE Davidson County. |