| East Franklin | community in central Macon County. |
| East Fruitland | See Pores Knob. |
| East Gastonia | unincorporated outskirts of city of Gastonia, central Gaston County. |
| East Howellsville Township | E Robeson County. |
| East Kings Mountain | former town in W Gaston County on the Cleveland County line. Inc. 1907. By popular vote, it was transferred to Cleveland County in 1915. Became a part of Kings Mountain, which see, in 1923. |
| East Lake | lake on the mainland of N Dare County, empties into the mouth of Alligator River. |
| East Lake | community on the mainland of NW Dare County on South Lake. Settled about 1790. Alt. 10. |
| East Lake Landing | NW Dare County on Alligator River. State-operated free ferry from the landing to Sandy Point in NE Tyrrell County was replaced by the Lindsay C. Warren Bridge, 2.83 mi. long and opened in May 1962; named for Lindsay C. Warren (1889-1976), former U.S. congressman and comptroller general. |
| East Lake Township | NW Dare County mainland. |
| East Laport | community in N Jackson County on Tuckasegee River. Developed at the site of an eighteenth-century French trading post that the French considered to be an east gate or door (la porte) to the Cherokee country. Alt. 2,186. |