| Cutthroat Gap | on the Buncombe-Henderson county line between Candler Knob and Stony Bald. Alt. approx. 4,200. |
| Cuwhiffle Swamp | rises in SE Sampson County near Delway and flows NW into Six Runs Creek. The name may be derived through faulty pronunciation of the Gaelic Culmhutar (pronounced "kul-vú-tar"), meaning "smuggler" or "mutineer." See also Quewhiffle. |
| Cwareunoc | an Indian village shown on the De Bry map, 1590, as being on Bogue Sound, S Carteret County. |
| Cycle | community in W Yadkin County on Dobbins Creek. Known first as Pea Ridge. Post office est. 1904 and named Cycle from the fact that the patrons it served lived in a circle from the post office. Post office name gradually replaced the older name. |
| Cynthia Branch | rises in N Yancey County and flows W into Cane River. |
| Cypress Branch | rises in central Columbus County and flows NE into White Marsh. |
| Cypress Creek | rises in Cypress Creek Bay in NE Bladen County and flows S and E into South River. |
| Cypress Creek | rises in central Columbus County and flows N into White Marsh. |
| Cypress Creek | rises in E Franklin County and flows S into Tar River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Cyprus Creek. |
| Cypress Creek | rises in SW Harnett County and flows SW into Hoke County, where it enters Crane Creek. |