| Holly Shelter Creek | receives the waters of Angola, Shaken, and Moores Creeks; Cane Branch; and other streams in NE Pender County and flows W approx. 30 mi. into Northeast Cape Fear River. Called Shelter River in a 1913 report by the U.S. Chief of Engineers. Appears as Holly Schelter Creek on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Holly Springs | community in E Carteret County on Newport River. |
| Holly Springs | community in W Henderson County between Boylston and Brock Creeks. |
| Holly Springs | community in S Rutherford County; former resort with a hotel. |
| Holly Springs | town in S Wake County. Settled 1826; inc. 1877. Named for holly trees growing near a spring in the vicinity. Alt. 350. |
| Holly Springs | community in N Yadkin County between Smithtown and Yadkin River. |
| Holly Springs Township | SW Wake County. |
| Holly Township | NE Pender County. |
| Hollybush | community in W Cleveland County served by post office, 1875-1905. Also spelled Holly Bush. |
| Hollyville | town in NE Pamlico County adjoining Vandemere. Inc. 1907, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Named for local holly trees. Known more recently as Cash Corner. See also Cash Corner No. 2. |