| Cornelius Creek | rises in S Iredell County and flows SW into Catawba River. |
| Corner Knob | on the Jackson-Macon county line. |
| Corner Rock Creek | rises in NE Buncombe County and flows W to join Walker Branch in forming Dillingham Creek. |
| Cornet Branch | rises in SE Macon County and flows SE into Clear Creek. |
| Cornet Knob | SE Macon County between Tom Branch and Cornet Branch. |
| Cornett Branch | rises in NW Watauga County and flows SE into Rube Creek. |
| Cornjack | See Coinjock. |
| Cornwall | community in N Granville County served by post office, 1892-1908. |
| Cornwell Branch | rises in E Cherokee County and flows SE into Snead Branch. |
| Corolla | community on Currituck Banks, E Currituck County. Known as Currituck Beach until 1895, when a post office was est. there and named Corolla. Whalehead Club built there in the 1920s, later used as a summer school for boys and now open to visitors as part of park. A lighthouse there, the last major one constructed on the Outer Banks, was first lighted on December 1, 1875. |