| Draper | former town in N Rockingham County on Dan River. Mill village est. 1905 by Frank Mebane. Arthur J. Draper instrumental in planning village's layout. Inc. 1949; merged with Leaksville and Spray in 1967 to form Eden, which see. |
| Draughn | community in N Edgecombe County. |
| Dresden | community in central Ashe County. Alt. approx. 2,800. |
| Drew | community in W central Bertie County. Est. about 1900 and named for a local family. |
| Drewry | community in E Vance County. Alt. 453. Settled in 1860 and named by G. W. Morrow, president of the Clarksville Railroad, for his father, Drewry Morrow. |
| Drexel | town in central Burke County. Inc. 1913. Alt. 1,192. Named for the Drexel family of Philadelphia. Originally known as Baker. A large furniture-manufacturing plant is located there. |
| Drexel Township | E central Burke County. |
| Drift Branch | rises in W Haywood County and flows SE into Richland Creek. |
| Drift Falls | in SW Transylvania County in Horsepasture River just upstream from High Falls. |
| Drip Off Creek | rises in NW Iredell County and flows S into Rocky Creek. |