| Rockingham Lake | privately owned lake built 1939 on tributary of Lower Hogans Creek, Rockingham County. |
| Rockingham Township | W central Richmond County. |
| Rocklevel | See Rock Level. |
| Rockrace Branch | rises in E Transylvania County and flows NE into Cascade Lake (Little River). |
| Rocks, The | a great seawall constructed by the U.S. government, 1879-85, to close off New Inlet between the Atlantic Ocean and the Cape Fear River in S New Hanover County. |
| Rockspring | See Rock Spring. |
| Rockstack | a mountain on the Graham County, N.C.-Monroe County, Tenn., line. |
| Rockview | community in N Buncombe County near the junction of Martin Creek and North Fork Ivey Creek. Alt. 2,394. |
| Rockville | See Rockwell. |
| Rockwell | town in S Rowan County. Early travelers from Salisbury to Cheraw and Camden, S.C., enjoyed good water from a rock well there, hence the name. A post office est. there 1838 as Millville, changed to Rockville in 1839 and to Rockwell in 1872. Inc. 1911. Alt. 785. |