| Isothermal Belt | See Thermal Belt. |
| Ita | community in N Nash County. |
| Itiner | community in E Harnett County. |
| Itom | community in central Rutherford County served by post office, 1887-1933. |
| Ivanhoe | community in S Sampson County on Black River. Named in the 1880s for the hero in Sir Walter Scott's novel of the same name. Alt. 29. The Colton map, 1861, shows a community at the site named Black River. Corbetts Ferry there was taken by Gen. Richard Caswell on the eve of the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge. Corbetts Ferry appears on maps at the site through 1865. Black River Presbyterian Church, est. there in 1740, occupies a building erected in 1859. |
| Ivestor Gap | S Haywood County on the head of Little East Fork Pigeon River. |
| Ivestor Ridge | S Haywood County between Grassy Cove Prong and Dark Prong. |
| Ivory Crossroads | community in E Franklin County. |
| Ivory Ridge | W Watauga County, extends NE from Hockiday Ridge S of Rush Branch. |
| Ivory Swamp | rises in N Wayne County and flows NE into Wilson County, where it enters Contentnea Creek. |