| Cotan | See Seco. |
| Cottage Point | E Pasquotank County, extends into the Pasquotank River within limits of Elizabeth City. |
| Cotten's Cross Roads | See Roxobel. |
| Cottendale | See Bruce. |
| Cotton Creek | rises in E Montgomery County and flows E into Moore County, where it enters Cabin Creek. |
| Cotton Grove | community in S central Davidson County. |
| Cotton Grove Township | W central Davidson County. |
| Cotton Hammock | E Carteret County between community of Stacy and Piney Point. |
| Cotton Patch | former community on Pigeon River in N Haywood County. A number of years ago, a resident planted a small patch of cotton there, and his wife used it to weave cloth. The patch is now grown over and the place abandoned, but the name persists. |
| Cotton Patch Bay | an arm of Big Colly Bay in NE Bladen County. |