| Forest | community in central Craven County. |
| Forest City | town in S central Rutherford County. Alt. 869. Inc. 1877 as Burnt Chimney; name changed to Forest City in 1887 in honor of Forest Davis, lumber merchant. |
| Forest Grove | community in N Watauga County on Forest Grove Creek. |
| Forest Grove Creek | rises in N Watauga County and flows SW into Beaverdam Creek. |
| Forest Hill | former town in central Cabarrus County. Inc. 1887 but now a part of the city of Concord. Began as a mill settlement in the 1850s and named McDonalds Mill. Later known as Odell Mill and Locke Mills; now the site of Randolph Mill. |
| Forestville | community in NE Wake County S of the town of Wake Forest. Inc. 1879; charter repealed 1915. |
| Forge | community in E Surry County served by post office, 1888-1903. |
| Forge Knob | on the Swain County, N.C.-Blount County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park between Rich Gap and Buck Gap. |
| Forge Mountain | NW Henderson County between South Fork Mills River and Boylston Creek in Pisgah National Forest. Alt. 3,280. Granted to Philip Sitton about 1806 as a "forge bounty" where he manufactured iron for many years. Adjoining it was the Gillespie gun works, where long guns were fashioned from Sitton's iron. |
| Fork | town in SE Davie County. Inc. 1895 as Fork Church, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Developed around Fork Baptist Church, organized 1793. Alt. 824. |