| Jake Hollow | W Mitchell County on a tributary of Pigeonroost Creek. |
| Jake Ridge | SE Clay County between Jake Branch and Muskrat Branch. |
| Jalong | See Longhurst. |
| James Branch | rises in E Haywood County and flows NW into Cove Creek. |
| James Cathey's Creek | See Kerr Creek; Sloans Creek. |
| James City | community in central Craven County on Neuse River near its junction with Trent River approx. 1½ mi. S of city of New Bern. Alt. 10. Settled 1865. Named for Capt. Horace James, former Union chaplain, who supervised a freedmen's colony at the site. |
| James Creek | rises in SE Moore County and flows NE into Little River. Named for James McNeill, an early settler. |
| James Creek | rises in NE Pamlico County on N Goose Creek Island and flows NE into Pamlico River. |
| James Creek | See Fiddler Creek. |
| James Iredell House | focal point of Historic Edenton State Historic Site, S Chowan County. Situated on approx. 2 acres. The Iredell house, built about 1759, is included in the area and open to the public as a historic house museum. |