| Duncans Creek | community in NE Rutherford County. Post office est. there 1829. |
| Duncans Creek Township | NE Rutherford County. |
| Dundarrach | town in S Hoke County. Inc. 1911. |
| Dunfields Creek | rises in N central Cumberland County and flows SW into Cape Fear River. |
| Dunhams Creek | rises in E central Moore County and flows se. A short distance above the mouth of Herds Creek, it becomes Crains Creek, which see. Named for Joseph Dunham, who settled along its banks in 1760. |
| Dunlap's Mill | See Bonlee. |
| Dunmoor Branch | rises in E central Bertie County and flows N into Cricket Swamp. |
| Dunn | town in SE Harnett County. First known as Tearshirt and later as Lucknow. Renamed Dunn in 1886 for Bennett R. Dunn, construction engineer of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Inc. 1887. Produces apparel, canned foods, lumber, and candy. Alt. 214. |
| Dunn Creek | rises in S Transylvania County and flows NW into French Broad River. |
| Dunn Mountain | S Rowan County S of Crane Creek and NE of the town of Granite Quarry. Alt. approx. 1,000. Named for John Dunn, early attorney and clerk of Rowan County court. |