| Paint Fork | rises in E Madison County and flows SE to join California Creek in forming Little Ivy Creek. |
| Paint Fork | community in N Buncombe County on the stream of the same name. Alt. 2,455. |
| Paint Fork | community in E Madison County on Paint Fork. |
| Paint Fork Gap | N Buncombe County near the headwaters of Paint Fork. |
| Paint Gap | on the Madison-Yancey county line. |
| Paint Gap | W Yancey County on Horton Creek. |
| Paint Gap | community in W Yancey County on Indian Creek at the mouth of Horton Creek. Alt. 2,676. |
| Paint Hill | SE Moore County. Indians made red paint from stones found at the site, hence the name. Alt. 640. |
| Paint Mountain | SW Swain County between Big Creek and Right Fork [Wesser Creek]. |
| Paint Rock | community in W Madison County on French Broad River. Inc. 1891; charter repealed 1895. Early landmark, site of a blockhouse to protect settlers from Indians, 1793. Figures on a rock cliff there appeared to early settlers to be paintings. Appears as Painted Rock on the Price map, 1808. Alt. 1,265. |