| Rollover Creek | rises in Great Dover Swamp in W Craven County and flows SE into Bachelor Creek. |
| Rome | community in S Johnston County served by post office, 1882-1904. |
| Rominger | community in W Watauga County on Laurel Creek. Named for Rev. W. Smith Rominger, a Methodist minister in whose home the first post office was est. in 1903. |
| Ronda | town in E Wilkes County on Yadkin River. Alt. 934. Inc. 1907. Est. on Col. Benjamin Cleveland's estate, "Roundabout," named for a sharp bend in Yadkin River there. The town's name is a shortened form of the plantation name. Produces furniture. |
| Rooks | community in W Pender County. |
| Roosevelt | community in NE Henderson County between Whiteside Mountain and Chickasaw Knobs. Named for President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919). |
| Rooty Branch | rises in E Craven County and flows E into Broad Creek. |
| Roper | town in N central Washington County on Kendricks Creek. Alt. 13. Settled in 1706 by Thomas Blount, who built a dam there. Upon his death, his widow married Col. Thomas Lee, who built a mill at the site; the designations "S. Lee, Saw Mills" appear on the Moseley map, 1733. The mill, which began operation in 1709, was destroyed in an explosion in 1921. The town served as county seat from 1800 to 1823 (see also Cabin Ridge Plantation). Post office est. 1802; post office name changed to Union in 1851. In 1820 the town of Duckettsville was authorized to be laid out there but never developed. Lees Mills was renamed Roper in 1889 for John L. Roper, who est. a lumber industry there, and the town was inc. in 1907. |
| Roper Knob | N Macon County between the head of Rose Creek and Little Tennessee River. |
| Roper Springs | community in NW Halifax County. A mineral spring there was the site of an Indian camp before the arrival of white settlers. A man named Roper later operated a tavern there, hence the name. |