| Folk Hill | community in central Rockingham County named for Douglas Foucht, local sawmill owner and farmer, whose home stood on large hill. By 1920s name became Folk Hill. |
| Folkstone | community in SW Onslow County. Alt. 69. Believed to have been named by a retired sea captain for his native town in England. Served by post office, 1902-54. |
| Folly Creek | rises in W Henderson County and flows NW into Little Willow Creek. |
| Folly Fork | community in NE Gates County. Folly post office est. prior to 1828. Frequently in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the word folly was used in the sense of the French folie (delight; favorite abode) and it formed a part of the name of English estates. |
| Folly Swamp | rises in NE Gates County and flows E into Dismal Swamp. |
| Fonta Flora | See Flora. |
| Fontana | former community in NW Swain County, est. 1902 by employees of Montvale Lumber Co. The site is now covered by the waters of Fontana Lake, which see. Said to have been named by Mrs. George Leidy Wood, wife of an official of the lumber company, because it was "a short word, musical, easy to spell," and it reminded her of "the waterfalls that looked like fountains, leaping from ledge to ledge" in the nearby forest. |
| Fontana Lake | N Graham and W and central Swain Counties on Little Tennessee River and its tributaries. Forms the S boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Dam begun in 1941, completed in 1945, forms the lake, largest of the Tennessee Valley Authority system. Max. depth 480 ft. The lake, 30 mi. long, has a shoreline of 248 mi. and covers 10,530 acres at full lake. Provides flood control, electric power, and recreation facilities. The dam there is the highest in E America. Alt. 1,710. See also Fontana and Fontana Village. |
| Fontana Village | resort community in N Graham County in Welch Cove near Fontana Lake. Alt. 1,800. Built in 1941 as a construction village for the employees of Fontana Dam. After the dam was completed, it was leased to a private corporation for development as a resort. See also Welch Cove. |
| Fontcal | See Wagram. |