| Celo Knob | E Yancey County near the head of Browns Creek. Alt. 6,326. |
| Celo Ridge | E Yancey County between Ayles and Browns creeks. Named for the Indian word seeloo (corn). |
| Cemetery Branch | rises in central Wake County within the limits of Raleigh and flows N into Pigeon House Branch. |
| Center | community in W Davie County. Est. in the 1820s as a camp-meeting ground. A post office est. there operated under the name Selena in 1889-90; changed to Bailey, 1890-1902. Community retains original name. |
| Center | community in central Yadkin County. A post office there named Chestnut Ridge operated from 1857 to 1920. |
| Center | community in W Yadkin County E of Cranberry Creek. |
| Center Grove | community in central Granville County. |
| Center Grove Township | N central Guilford County. |
| Center of North Carolina | See Geographic Center. |
| Center Township | SE Stanly County. |