| Daylo | community in NW Wilkes County on Middle Fork Reddies River. Est. 1924 by E. N. Vannoy, a merchant, and named for a brand of flashlights that he sold. |
| Days Creek | rises in S Watauga County and flows NW into East Fork [South Fork New River]. |
| Days Crossroads | community in N Halifax County. |
| Daystrom | community in W Robeson County. Alt. 179. Known first as Alma for the Alma Lumber Company, which operated there. Name changed about 1950 when Daystrom Laminates, a furniture manufacturer, began operations there. |
| Dayton | community in SE Durham County served by post office, 1881-1905. |
| De Armond Bald | mountain in NW Swain County on Jenkins Trail Ridge in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Alt. 5,100. |
| De Armond Ridge | NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains, a short spur extending SW from De Armond Bald on Jenkins Trail Ridge. |
| De Hart Bald | in S Swain County on the head of Licklog Creek. |
| De Hart Branch | rises in S Swain County between Bearpen Ridge and Rattlesnake Ridge and flows W into Wesser Creek. |
| De Hart Branch | rises in S Swain County and flows SW into Yalaka Creek. |