| Caves, The | natural subterranean caves in NW Rutherford County between Broad River and Buffalo Creek in Rumbling Bald Mountain, which see. |
| Cawcaw Bay | shallow mucky area about 5 mi. long and about 2 mi. wide near SW edge of Green Swamp, SW Brunswick County. |
| Cawcaw Swamp | rises in Cawcaw Bay, SW Brunswick County, and flows SW into Waccamaw River. |
| Cecil | community in S Haywood County served by post office, 1898-1914. |
| Cecil Township | S Haywood County. |
| Cecils Harbor | appears on the Smith map, 1624, applied to the three bays in S Hyde County now called Rose Bay, Swanquarter Bay, and Juniper Bay. Perhaps named for William Cecil, Lord Burleigh (1520-98), or Robert Cecil, first Earl of Salisbury (1563?-1612). |
| Cedar | community in NW Bladen County served by post office, 1882-1903. |
| Cedar Bay | off the SW shore of Roanoke Island, E Dare County, in the waters of Croatan Sound. |
| Cedar Bay | in the waters of Currituck Sound on the NW side of Church Island in central Currituck County. |
| Cedar Bay | is formed by waters of Neuse River and the N tip of Carteret County. |