| Jamestown | town in SW Guilford County. Settled 1752 and named for James Mendenhall, an early settler whose first name was chosen in Quaker fashion to avoid ostentation. Inc. 1816; rechartered 1947. Produces baked goods, corrugated boxes, and textiles. Home to Oakdale Cotton Mills, continuously operating since 1865. Alt. 779. |
| Jamestown Township | SW Guilford County. |
| Jamesville | town in E Martin County on Roanoke River. Est. 1785 as James Town; inc. 1832 as Jameston; name changed to Jamesville, 1855. Alt. 47. |
| Jamesville Township | NE Martin County. |
| Jane Cantrell Creek | rises in S Transylvania County and flows NW into South Prong [Glady Fork]. |
| Jane Knob | E Macon County between Brown Creek and Corbin Creek. |
| Jane Otter Branch | rises in NW Macon County and flows NW into Otter Creek. |
| Jane's Bald | on the Mitchell County, N.C.-Carter County, Tenn., line. Said to have been named for a woman who lost her life there in a snowstorm but who saved her young child by covering it with her own body. |
| Janeiro | community in S Pamlico County on Dawson Creek, which see. Known as Dawson Creek until a post office was est. (since discontinued). Named by seafaring men of the community for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Japan | former community in NE Graham County on forks of Tobacco and Panther Creeks. Est. about 1908 as a supply center for surrounding lumbering camps. Named for "Japan clover" (Lespedeza striata) growing in the area. During World War II, local residents began calling it MacArthur for Gen. Douglas MacArthur, but the post office name was never changed. Inundated by waters of Fontana Lake, 1944. |