| Messer Branch | rises in central Haywood County and flows NE into Cove Creek. |
| Messer Branch | rises in N Haywood County and flows NE into Teague Branch. |
| Messer Branch | rises in S central Swain County and flows SE into Bucknor Branch. |
| Messer Creek | W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, rises near lat. 35°36'57" N., long. 83°36'57" W., and flows E into Rough Fork. Formerly known as Sugar Fork but changed to honor Elijah Messer, an early settler on the stream. |
| Messer Ridge | S Macon County, extends SE into Rabun County, Ga. |
| Metackwem | See Metocuuem. |
| Metakquam | See Metocuuem. |
| Metal | community in S Cleveland County served by post office, 1894-1902. |
| Method | community in W central Wake County near the head of House Creek. |
| Metocuuem | an Indian village of either the Weapemeoc or Chawanoac tribes located in what is now E Bertie County between the mouths of Chowan and Roanoke Rivers near Albemarle Sound. Appears on the De Bry map, 1590, and on the Velasco map, 1611, as Metakquam. Variant spellings are Metackwem and Mettaquen. The name may have meant "big woods" or "trees." |