| Cushing Branch | rises in N Henderson County and flows NW into Cane Creek. Also known as Cushion Creek. |
| Cushion Creek | See Cushing Branch. |
| Cut Laurel Gap | in Stone Mountains, W Ashe County on the Tennessee state line. Named because early settlers encountered such a thick "rhododendron hell" there that they had to cut a tunnel through it for a mile or more. Alt. 3,746. |
| Cut-off Ridge | N Jackson County, extends N from Scott Creek. |
| Cutawhiskie Swamp | rises in SE Northampton County and flows NE into Hertford County, where it enters Livermans Mill Pond on Potecasi Creek. Named for an Indian village mentioned in local records (with various spellings) as early as 1718. |
| Cutoff Island | E Dare County, in the waters of Roanoke Sound off the SW tip of Bodie Island. |
| Cutshall Branch | rises in N Madison County and flows W into Shelton Laurel Creek. |
| Cutshalltown | community in N Madison County on a tributary of Shelton Laurel Creek. |
| Cutthroat Gap | on the Buncombe-Henderson county line between Candler Knob and Stony Bald. Alt. approx. 4,200. |
| Cuwhiffle Swamp | rises in SE Sampson County near Delway and flows NW into Six Runs Creek. The name may be derived through faulty pronunciation of the Gaelic Culmhutar (pronounced "kul-vú-tar"), meaning "smuggler" or "mutineer." See also Quewhiffle. |