| Elisha | community in S Pasquotank County. |
| Elisha Creek | approx. 5 mi. long, rises in central Davie County and flows SE into Dutchmans Creek. Appears in local records, 1815, as "Lisha, formerly called Licking Creek." |
| Elizabeth City | city and county seat, E Pasquotank County on Pasquotank River. Settled in 1790; inc. as Redding in 1793. In 1794 named changed from "Reading" to Elizabeth-town; became Elizabeth City in 1801. Probably named for Elizabeth Tooley, wife of Adam Tooley, on whose land the town was est. Elizabeth City State University and College of the Albemarle are there. Produces textiles, ships, lumber, hosiery, apparel, paper boxes, and industrial machinery. Alt. 12. |
| Elizabeth City Township | E central Pasquotank County. |
| Elizabeth River | rises in SE Brunswick County and flows E into the Cape Fear River. |
| Elizabeth Town | See Columbia. |
| Elizabethtown | See Elizabeth City. |
| Elizabethtown | town and county seat, central Bladen County. Alt. 121. Est. 1773, chartered 1843, and inc. 1895. Named either for Queen Elizabeth I of England or for the sweetheart of Isaac Jones, on whose land the town was laid out. In the Battle of Elizabethtown, August 27, 1781, Whigs broke Tory power in Bladen County by driving them into Tory Hole, a deep ravine along the banks of Cape Fear River in the middle of the town. |
| Elizabethtown Township | in central Bladen County. |
| Elk Branch | rises in E Mitchell County and flows S into Cane Creek. |