| Cricket Hill | a man-made island in W Bogue Sound, S Carteret County. |
| Cricket Swamp | rises in E central Bertie County and flows S into Eastmont Swamp. Probably named for John Crickett, who owned land in the area as early as 1729. |
| Crims Crossroads | See Grimes Crossroads. |
| Crimsie | community in N Lincoln County served by post office, 1894-1903. |
| Crinkley | community in central Warren County served by post office, 1896-1903. |
| Crisp | community in S Edgecombe County. |
| Crisp Creek | rises in W Martin County and flows SW into SW Edgecombe County. It then flows SE and forms a portion of the Edgecombe-Pitt county line before entering Conetoe Creek. |
| Crit | community in SE Clay County served by post office, 1898-1906. |
| Croaker Channel | W Carteret County in White Oak River. Named for a species of fish. Formerly one of two channels used to reach Swansboro in the days of sailing vessels. Boats moving up Bogue Sound used Croaker Channel, while those approaching from the Atlantic Ocean used Ship (or West) Channel. Croaker Channel is now almost completely filled with sand. |
| Croatamung | an island shown on the White map, 1585, in what is now a part of Currituck Banks in E Currituck County. Smith, 1624, calls it Arundells Island; Comberford, 1657, makes it Lucks Island. As the latter, is the N boundary of the Carolina territory granted to the Lords Proprietors in 1663. See also Lucks Island. |