| Revolution | former community in central Guilford County. Est. 1899. Named because the textile plant est. there was expected to revolutionize the cotton-manufacturing industry. Now within Greensboro city limits. |
| Rex | community in NE Robeson County. |
| Rex | See Ranlo-Rex-Priscilla. |
| Reynolda Lake | seminatural lake on Silas Creek on Reynolda Estate near the Wake Forest University campus in central Forsyth County. Covers 25 acres, with a max. depth of 15 ft. Used for fishing, boating, swimming, and irrigation. Not open to the public. |
| Reynolds Cove | NW Buncombe County NE of Rocky Knob. |
| Reynolds Gap | S Buncombe County between Lancy Mountain and Grassy Knob. |
| Reynolds Gap | S Macon County between the head of Ball Creek and the head of Dryman Fork. |
| Reynoldson | community in N Gates County. Reynoldson School operated there prior to the Civil War to prepare boys for Wake Forest College. The school was opened in 1856 and operated into the twentieth century. |
| Reynoldson Township | NW Gates County. |
| Rhea Branch | rises in N Cherokee County in Rhea Cove and flows SE and S into Valley River. |