| Eaglenest Branch | rises in E Transylvania County near Black Knob and flows NE into Little River. |
| Eaglenest Creek | rises in W Haywood County and flows SE into Richland Creek. |
| Eaglenest Mountain | W Haywood County on the head of Eaglenest Creek. |
| Eaglenest Ridge | W Haywood County, extends E from Rattlesnake Knob to Eaglenest Mountain. |
| Eagles Island | a group of swampy islands in W New Hanover County between Cape Fear and Brunswick Rivers opposite Wilmington. Named for Joseph and Richard Eagle, eighteenth-century settlers in the vicinity. See also Dram Tree Point. Appears as Cranes Island on the Ogilby map, 1671. |
| Eagleton Point | point of land extending NW from Colington Island into the waters of Kitty Hawk Bay, N Dare County. Also known as North Point and Eggleston Point. |
| Eagletown | community in SE Northampton County; an early Quaker settlement. Served by post office, 1887-1907. |
| Eakers Corner | community on Stoney Run in W Cleveland County. |
| Earl | town in S Cleveland County. Inc. 1889, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Named for Abel Earl, local landowner. Alt. 925. Produced manufactured fibers. |
| Earl Mountain | NE Rutherford County between the head of Duncans Creek and South Creek. |