| Jason | town in SW Greene County. Inc. 1889, but long inactive in municipal affairs. |
| Jason Township | SW Greene County. |
| Jasper | community in central Craven County. Alt. 6. Settled about 1868. Named for local citizen James Spear. |
| Jasper's Creek | See Bell Bay. |
| Jasperfield Branch | rises in SW Madison County and flows NW into Spring Creek. |
| Jawbone Branch | rises in NW Burke County and flows S into Steels Creek. |
| Jaynes Cove | central Haywood County on a tributary of Jonathans Creek. |
| Jean Guite Creek | rises on the W side of the S end of the North Banks, NE Dare County, and flows N into Currituck Sound. Also known as Martins Point Creek. |
| Jefferson | town and county seat, central Ashe County. Inc. 1803 and named for Thomas Jefferson, who was president of the United States at the time. Alt. 2,900. Produces chemicals and textiles. |
| Jefferson | town authorized to be laid out in Chatham County at Tyson's Mill on Deep River in 1796. Commissioners were appointed, but there is no evidence that the town ever developed. A warehouse was to have been erected in the town for the inspection of tobacco, beef, pork, flour, and other commodities. |