| North River | rises in Dismal Swamp, E Camden County and flows S approx. 18 mi. into Albemarle Sound. For a part of its course, it forms the boundary between Camden and Currituck Counties. Above Thoroughfare Island it is sometimes known as Indiantown Creek. Shown as Potaskike River on the Comberford map, 1657, but as North River on the Ogilby map, 1671, and subsequent maps. |
| North River | about 10 mi. long, rises in central Carteret County and flows S into Back Sound and The Straits in SE Carteret County. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. |
| North River Pocosin | along the W shore of North River in S Camden County. |
| North River Point | is the tip of S Camden Point, which extends into the mouth of North River. |
| North River Thorofare | between two groups of tidal-marsh islands in S Carteret County. |
| North Rock | island in Pamlico Sound, NE Carteret County N of Portsmouth Island. In 1795 the middle section of the island was submerged; the W end was called Great Shell Rock and the E end Little Shell Rock. |
| North Rocky Creek | rises in S Wilkes County and flows S into Rocky Creek. |
| North Rodanthe | See Rodanthe. |
| North Second Creek | is formed in NW Rowan County by the junction of Back and Withrow Creeks and flows NE into Yadkin River. Appears as Second Creek on the Collet map, 1770. Named because it was the second creek reached by settlers moving W from Salisbury, Grants Creek being the first. See also Withrow Creek. |
| North Shores | community on Pamlico River, W Beaufort County. |