| Barlowes | community in SE Pender County on Bishop Creek. A former post office there was known as Sloop Point, which see. |
| Barn Branch | rises in S Haywood County and flows N into Jonathans Creek. |
| Barnard | community in central Madison County on French Broad River at the mouth of Brush Creek. Alt. 1,534. Barnard's Station post office est. as early as 1830. Named for Job Barnard, who settled there by 1794. |
| Barnards Creek | rises in central New Hanover County and flows W into Cape Fear River. |
| Barnardsville | town in N Buncombe County near the junction of North Fork Ivy Creek and Dillingham Creek. Inc. 1959. A post office operated there beginning in 1875. Alt. 2,250. Produces wearing apparel. |
| Barnes Branch | rises in N Madison County and flows W into Big Laurel Creek. |
| Barnes Branch | rises in N Haywood County and flows SE into Big Creek. |
| Barnes Creek | rises in S Randolph County and flows SW into Montgomery County, where it enters Uwharrie River. |
| Barnes Creek | rises in SW Gates County and flows SE into Chowan River. |
| Barnes Creek | rises in central Cleveland County and flows NW and SW in an arc into First Broad River. |