| Banks | community in S Wake County. |
| Banks Branch | rises in W Hertford County and flows NE into Meherrin River. |
| Banks Channel | in Topsail Sound, S Pender County near New Topsail Inlet. |
| Banks Channel | a channel through a mass of tidal-marsh islands in the extreme W end of Bogue Sound in SW Carteret County. |
| Banks Creek | rises in S Yancey County and flows NW into Price Creek. |
| Banner Branch | rises in N Stokes County and flows SW into Snow Creek. |
| Banner Elk | town in NE Avery County on Elk River at the mouth of Shawneehaw Creek. Alt. 3,710. Inc. 1891 as Shawneehaw; reincorporated 1911 as Banner Elk. First settlers said to have arrived at the site about 1825. Named for the Banner family, early settlers on the Elk River. Lees-McRae College is there. |
| Banner Elk Creek | rises in E Avery County and flows N into Elk River. |
| Banner Elk Township | NE Avery County. |
| Banner Township | S Johnston County. |