| Ripley | former town on the W outskirts of Hendersonville in central Henderson County. Inc. 1909; charter repealed 1917. |
| Rippetoe Mountain | S Caldwell County. Alt. 1,298. Named for William Rippetoe, who received the mountain in a land grant. |
| Rippys Township | former township in S Cleveland County, now township no. 3. |
| Ripshin Mountain | SW Buncombe County N of Mount Pisgah. |
| Ripshin Ridge | NW Burke County, extends from SE to NW between Steels Creek and Upper Creek. Alt. 2,875. |
| Risden | See Rufus. |
| Ritter | former community in W Swain County on Tuckasegee River. Site now under the waters of Fontana Lake. |
| Ritters Township | N central Moore County. |
| River Acres | community in central Beaufort County on the N shore of Pamlico River. |
| River Bend | community in NE Gaston County near Mountain Island Lake at the steam power-generating plant of the Duke Power Co. |