| Nash Mine | E Cabarrus County 1½ mi. NW of Phoenix Mine Village, which see. Known as Faggart Mine in the mid-nineteenth century, when gold was mined there. Uranium was discovered there in 1954. |
| Nashville | town and county seat, central Nash County. Authorized to be laid out and est., 1815. Named for Gen. Francis Nash (1742-77), Revolutionary War officer killed at Germantown. Produces lumber and apparel. Alt. 180. |
| Nashville Township | central Nash County. |
| Nat Moore | community in SE Bladen County served by post office, 1875-1914. |
| Nathans Creek | rises in E Ashe County and flows E into South Fork New River. |
| Nathans Creek | community in E central Ashe County. Alt. approx. 2,800. |
| Nations Creek | rises in W Jackson County and flows NE into Tuckasegee River. |
| Nattie Branch | rises in S Clay County and flows N into Giesky Creek. |
| Natural Wells | community in SW Duplin County served by post office, 1892-1903. Name for large limestone sinkholes in the area. |
| Nausegoc | a name appearing on the White map, 1590, in Pamlico Sound, E Dare County approx. between the present communities of Rodanthe and Salvo on Hatteras Island. The name is believed to have been an Algonquian Indian word for "take a breathing-spell," hence a resting place for those on a long canoe journey. |