| Dennis Crossroads | community in W Wake County between Jim Branch and Buckhorn Creek. |
| Dennis Mountain | W Montgomery County between Walker Mountain and Dutchmans Creek. |
| Denniss Island | formerly an island in present Currituck Banks, E Currituck County. It was separated from Currituck Banks by Currituck Inlet on the N and Musketo Inlet on the s, both of which are now closed. Shown on Comberford map, 1657. See also Currituck Inlet; Musketo Inlet. |
| Denny | community in W Wilkes County on Elk Creek. Named in the early twentieth century for John A. Denny, a local citizen. |
| Dennys Store | community in E Person County. |
| Denson Creek | rises in N Montgomery County and flows SE into Little River. |
| Denton | town in SE Davidson County. Inc. 1907. Known as Finch's Crossroads prior to 1875. Post office est. 1878 and name changed to Denton at the recommendation of Samuel Moses Peacock, who had been reading about the town of the same name in Texas and who became the first postmaster. |
| Denton Gap | on the Graham County, N.C.-Monroe County, Tenn., line. |
| Dentons | community in S Graham County on Little Snowbird Creek. |
| Denver | town in NE Lincoln County. Inc. 1877. Settled about 1770 and known as Dry Pond for an adjacent swampy area; in 1873 it was renamed by D. Matt Thompson, school principal, for the capital of Colorado, then being considered for admission to the Union. |