| Maiden Point | extends into Jones Bay, NE Pamlico County. Named because the shoreline on maps resembles a female breast. |
| Maidenhair Falls | S Jackson County on Trays Island Creek ½ mi. N of Fairfield Lake. Alt. 3,640. |
| Maidenhair Falls | SE Transylvania County on Hogshead Creek 2 mi. SE of Brevard. Water falls 50 ft. |
| Main Canal | extends NW from N central Washington County, where it receives the waters drained from East Dismal Swamp by a system of canals and channels them into Kendricks Creek. |
| Main Channel | in Bogue Sound SW Carteret County leading S into Bogue Inlet. |
| Main Creek | rises in NE Buncombe County and flows NW into Reems Creek. |
| Maine | See Oak Grove. |
| Maitland | community in central Sampson County served by post office, 1887-1904. |
| Majolica | community in N central Rowan County on Southern Railway. Alt. 713. It is said that while V. C. McBee, railroad superintendent, was considering a name for the termination of a siding there, his clerk, T. C. McNeely, brought in a green majolica pot filled with drinking water. McNeely suggested that the water be used for christening and that the place be named for the pot. |
| Major Hills | mountain in S Alamance County. |