| Morton Creek | rises in W Transylvania County and flows SE into South Fork Flat Creek. |
| Morton Township | former township in NW Alamance County, now township no. 4. |
| Mortons Store | community in N Alamance County served by post office, 1852-1906. |
| Morven | town in SE Anson County. Inc. 1883. Post office est. there in 1823 and named for Morven, Scotland, home of the mother of Hugh McKenzie, first postmaster. Alt. 341. |
| Morven Township | SE Anson County. |
| Moscow | community in NW Bladen County served by post office, 1892-1907. |
| Moseley County | In about 1907 an unsigned petition was presented to the General Assembly proposing that a county be created from portions of Lenoir, Wayne, and Greene Counties, with the county seat at LaGrange. It was to be named for William D. Moseley (1795-1863), who was born near LaGrange and who was governor of Florida, 1845-49. The General Assembly apparently never acted on the petition. |
| Moseley Creek | rises in Great Dover Swamp, W Craven County, and flows NW into Neuse River. For a part of its course, it forms the Craven-Lenoir county line. |
| Moseley Creek | rises in NW Lenoir County and flows SE into Falling Creek. Named for Matthew Moseley, who settled there about 1770. |
| Moseley Hall | See LaGrange. |