| Resolution Branch | rises in N Jones County and flows S into Trent River. |
| Resootskeh | a Tuscarora Indian village in Bertie County on Indian Creek that appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Site was the base of "King Blount," the friendly Indian chief who aided the whites during the Tuscarora Indian War, 1711-13. The modern Tuscarora spelling of the word is Resootska, meaning "to our grandfather." |
| Rest | community in central Stanly County served by post office, 1883-1907. |
| Retreat | community in S Haywood County between Inman Branch and West Fork Pigeon River. Also known as Riverside, the name of the local Baptist church. |
| Reuben | community in NE Union County. |
| Reuben Creek | rises in E Mitchell County and flows SW into Little Rock Creek. |
| Reuben Mountain | W Stokes County at the head of East Prong Little Yadkin River. |
| Revere | community in central Madison County on Revere Creek. |
| Revere Creek | rises in central Madison County and flows NW into Big Laurel Creek. |
| Revis Branch | rises in N Buncombe County and flows NW into S Madison County, where it enters Ivy River. |