| Melton Branch | rises in N Mitchell County and flows E into Left Fork Bean Creek. |
| Melton Creek | rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SE and SW into Valley River. |
| Melton Mountain | N Rutherford County between Little and Carson Mountains. |
| Melville | community in E Alamance County. Settled about 1845 and known at first as Burnt Shop. |
| Melville Township | former township in E central Alamance County, now townships nos. 10 and 13. |
| Melvin Hill | community in SE Polk County. Settled in late nineteenth century. Named for Thomas Melvin, first postmaster. |
| Melvin's Mill Pond | NE Bladen County on Little Turnbull Creek. |
| Memminger Creek | rises in central Henderson County and flows NE into King Creek. Named for C. G. Memminger (1803-88), Confederate secretary of the treasury, who had a summer home at Flat Rock. |
| Memory | community in E Cleveland County. |
| Menola | community in W Hertford County served by post office, 1886-1907. |