| Crane Creek | rises in S Cherokee County and flows SW into Nottely River. |
| Crane Creek | rises in S Rowan County and flows NE into High Rock Lake (Yadkin River). Mentioned in local records as early as 1728. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Cane Creek, but as Crane Creek on the Price map, 1808. Crane Creek has three tributaries, all called Crane Creek; one of them, near Salisbury, is sometimes called Town Creek. |
| Crane Creek | rises in S Sampson County and flows S into Six Runs Creek. |
| Crane Creek | rises in S Wilkes County and flows NE into Rocky Creek. |
| Crane Creek | See Crains Creek. The stream in Lee and Moore Counties has been variously spelled Crane, Crane's, and Crains. |
| Crane Island | See Campbell Island. |
| Crane Ponds | a cluster of half a dozen small natural lakes in NW Onslow County. Apparently first named on Bache's U.S. Coast Survey map, 1865. |
| Crane(y) Island | See Harkers Island. |
| Cranes Island | See Eagles Island. |
| Cransford Cove | W Macon County at the head of Wayah Creek. |