| Archie's Point | point of land extending from Bogue Banks into Bogue Sound, SW Carteret County. Named for Archibald Smith. Sometimes also called Point of Woods. |
| Archies Creek | rises in NE Surry County and flows E into Stokes County, where it enters Dan River. |
| Archies Knob | NW Stokes County near Dan River. |
| Arcola | community in SE Warren County E of Fishing Creek. Post office est. there in 1849, but discontinued in 1954. |
| Arcot | community in central Sampson County served by post office, 1894-1902. |
| Arden | town in S Buncombe County. Settled about 1840. Inc. 1883, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Known first as Shufordsville. Renamed for the Forest of Arden in Shakespeare's play As You Like It Alt. 2,225. |
| Ardreys | community in S Mecklenburg County served by post office, 1898-1902. |
| Ardulusa | community on Rockfish Creek in S Cumberland County. |
| Arenuse Creek | consists of two branches, both rising in central Camden County and flowing generally SW into Pasquotank River. The branches come together in such a fashion that they seem to form an arrow nose. The fact was noted by the Indians, and the white settlers merely translated their word for "arrow nose" when they gave the creek its present name. The present name appears in records as early as 1694. To distinguish between the two branches, local inhabitants sometimes refer to First Milldam (nearest the county seat) and Second Milldam since water mills existed on each. |
| Argo | former town in N Nash County on Short Swamp Branch. Inc. 1889. Nearby Argo Gold Mine worked from about 1850 until about 1920. Both town and mine are now abandoned. |