| Alexis | town in N Gaston County. Inc. 1899, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Formerly known as Alex's Cross Roads for a man named Alexander who owned land there. |
| Alfordston | town authorized to be laid off and inc. 1793 on land of Thomas Matthews. Site approx. 1 mi. S of Carthage, central Moore County. The town was never laid off. |
| Alfordsville | community in W Robeson County. A post office operated there from 1800 to 1922. |
| Alfordsville Township | SW Robeson County. |
| Alfred | community in SE Beaufort County. Settled about 1910 and named for Fred R. Alfred, large landowner. Alt. 25. |
| Alfred Creek | rises in NE Cherokee County and flows NW into Taylor Creek. |
| Algood | community in S Yadkin County served by post office, 1886-1904. |
| Alkalithia Springs | See All Healing Springs. |
| All Healing Springs | community in W Alexander County. Springs discovered in 1882 by Milt Milstead and developed as a resort that was popular as late as 1911. Named for supposed healing qualities of water; known also as Alkalithia Springs. Alt. 1,225. |
| All Healing Springs | community in SW Gaston County near the NE slope of Crowders Mountain. A health resort flourished there in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries because of the mineral springs. |