| Duke Township | SE Harnett County. Named for the former community, Duke, now Erwin. |
| Dukes | community in NW Nash County. Named for Rev. G. W. Duke, local resident. |
| Dukes Crossroads | community in E Beaufort County. |
| Dukes Crossroads | See Epsom. |
| Dukeville | community in E Rowan County on High Rock Lake. Named by A. W. Hicks, editor of the Spencer News, for James B. Duke. |
| Dukie Halls Crossing | See Halls. |
| Dula Knob | S Mitchell County between Middle Fork Grassy Creek and East Fork Grassy Creek. |
| Dula Springs | community in N Buncombe County on Little Flat Creek E of Weaverville. |
| Dula Town | an African American community in S central Caldwell County. Named for Alfred Dula, who gave 400 acres of land to his freed slaves. At the close of the Civil War, he also gave a horse, wagon, and cow to each former slave family. |
| Dulin's Grove | community in W Mecklenburg County named for local family. |