| Dabbs | community in S central Caswell County. |
| Dabney | community in W Vance County. Named for local store operator. |
| Dabney Township | W Vance County. |
| Dads Top | mountain peak N of Twelve O'clock Top on the Buncombe-Haywood county line. |
| Dailys Creek | rises in W Lenoir County and flows NE into Neuse River. Probably named for John Dailey, who settled there about 1800. |
| Dairy Branch | flows SW thorough Mecklenburg County into Little Sugar Creek. |
| Dale | community in SE Surry County served by post office, 1894-1904. |
| Dalila | community in central Sampson County served by post office, 1892-1904. |
| Dalkeith | plantation house in SE Warren County near Arcola. Built in 1824 by Jack Burgess; still used as a dwelling. |
| Dallas | town in central Gaston County. Authorized to be laid out as county seat by act creating the county, 1846. It remained the county seat until 1909, when Gastonia was selected by popular vote. Inc. 1863. Named for George M. Dallas (1792-1864), vice president of the United States at the time the county was created. The area received postal service as early as 1817 from Hoylesville post office, named for Andrew Hoyle, first postmaster, and located 3 mi. E of site of Dallas. Post office service began in Dallas in 1846. |