| Ebenezer | community in E Gaston County. |
| Ebenezer | community in central Cherokee County at the junction of Dockery and Hanging Dog Creek. |
| Eby Creek | rises in S Transylvania County and flows SW into Little River. |
| Echo | crossroads community in SW Robeson County. |
| Echota Mission | N Jackson County, maintained by Holston Conference of Methodist Church for Cherokee Indians about 1840-85. School est. 1850. Missionary's house still stands. |
| Ecola | former community in W Swain County; site now under the waters of Fontana Lake. |
| Ecusta | See Pisgah Forest. |
| Ed Top | peak in N Haywood County on the head of Laurel Branch. |
| Edam | community in NW Wilson County. |
| Eden | town in N Rockingham County on Dan and Smith Rivers. Formed in 1967 by the merger of Leaksville, Draper, and Spray, which see. Named for William Byrd's estate, "Land of Eden," which see. |