| Raminger Creek | rises in S Cherokee County and flows NE into Nottely River. |
| Ramoth | former town in central Buncombe County. Inc. 1889; name changed to Woolsey in 1903. Became a part of Asheville in 1905. |
| Ramp Branch | rises in N central Avery County and flows NE into Elk River. |
| Ramp Cove | NE Cherokee County in the Valley River Mountains. Named because ramps grow abundantly there. |
| Ramp Cove Branch | rises in NE Cherokee County and flows NW through Ramp Cove and Big Cove into Vengeance Creek. |
| Ramsaytown | community in N Yancey County on Cane River S of Sugarloaf Mountain. Alt. 2,141. |
| Ramseur | town in E Randolph County on Deep River. Known as Allen's Fall prior to 1878; named Columbia after 1878, when Deep River Mills est. Inc. 1895 as Ramseur in honor of Stephen D. Ramseur (1837-64), Confederate major general with whom William H. Watkins, one of the local mill owners, had been associated during the Civil War. Alt. 442. |
| Ramsey | community in S tip of Burke County on headwaters of Jacob Fork. |
| Ramsey Bend | in the Hiwassee River in central Cherokee County. |
| Ramsey Creek | rises in S Iredell County and flows W into Catawba River. |