| Dan Holland Creek | rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SE into Valley River. |
| Dan Payne Mountain | S Madison County at the head of Caney Fork Branch. |
| Dan River | community in W Rockingham County served by post office, 1853-66. |
| Dan River | rises in S Patrick County, Va., and flows SE into Stokes County. It flows SE and NE into Rockingham County and back into Virginia. It dips back into North Carolina on the Caswell-Rockingham county line and into N Caswell County, then flows NE in Virginia into Kerr Lake, which see, on Roanoke River. Mentioned by William Byrd in 1728. Probably an Indian name. |
| Dan River Township | N central Caswell County. |
| Dan Sisk Gap | S Burke County in South Mountains. |
| Dan Weeks Point | a point of land extending into White Oak River, SW Carteret County. |
| Dan's School | community in central Forsyth County. |
| Dana | community in E Henderson County. A post office was est. there in 1892 expressly to serve the Hadley Hotel; named for Dana Hadley, son of the owner of the hotel. Apple growing and packing center. |
| Danamora | community in N Guilford County served by post office, 1892-1903. |