| Cremo | community in N central Bertie County. |
| Crenshaw's Branch | rises in central Wake County and flows NE into Neuse River. |
| Crescent | community in S Rowan County. |
| Cressville | See Creswell. |
| Crestmont | former community in NW Haywood County on Big Creek near lat. 35°45' N., long 83°06'37" W. A sawmill community, the site is now in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Inc. 1913, but the charter was repealed in the same year. |
| Creston | community in W central Ashe County. Alt. approx. 2,850. Post office est. 1830 as North Fork; changed to Creston, 1882. Named for its location near the crest of the mountains. |
| Creston Township | SW Ashe County. |
| Creswell | town in E Washington County N of Scuppernong River. Alt. 6. Known as Cool Spring as early as 1826, when a post office by the name was est. there. The name was used locally as late as 1895. When William Atkinson became postmaster in 1874, the post office name was changed to Cressville in honor of John A. J. Creswell, U.S. postmaster general. Inc. 1874 as Cressville; named changed to Creswell in 1885. |
| Cribs Creek | rises in NW Anson County and flows N into Rocky River. |
| Cricket | community in central Wilkes County. Est. 1888 and named by the Post Office Department. |