| Wells Knob | NE Wilkes County between Little Elkin River and Elkin River. Alt. 1,810. |
| Wells Mineral Spring | S Nash County on a tributary of Sapony Creek. A popular recreation spot in the early 1900s; water thought to have curative qualities. |
| Wells Mountain | on the Cherokee-Clay county line from Coleman Gap to the mouth of Little Brasstown Creek. |
| Welsh Pond | on Warwick Creek on the Chowan-Gates county line, covers approx. 75 acres and is from 2 to 15 ft. in depth. Named for owners, the Welch family. |
| Welsh Tract | an area between the Northeast Cape Fear and Cape Fear Rivers, now largely in central Pender County, on which a number of Welsh families from Pennsylvania settled in 1730 and shortly afterward. The first grant was made in 1731 to David Evans for 640 acres. Apparently no single large block of land was granted to the Welsh; instead, individuals acquired their own land. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733, as Welch Settlement. Rev. Hugh McAden mentioned the Welsh Tract during his visit to the area in 1755, and the name was still in use in 1775. Persons other than those of Welsh descent soon moved into the area, and the tract lost its identity. About 1740 the Welsh laid out a town that became South Washington, which see. |
| Wendell (win-DELL) | town in E Wake County. Settled 1895. Inc. 1903. Named for Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-94), American writer and father of the U.S. Supreme Court justice of the same name. Produces tobacco, apparel, and furniture. |
| Wenona | community in S Washington County on the N shoulder of Dogwood Ridge on East Dismal Swamp. Est. after A. E. Rice purchased 160 acres of land there and built a house in 1912. Other settlers then purchased land from Roper Lumber Company and settled; by 1914, a school was built. A post office was est. there in 1913; closed 1955. Settlers came there from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois, and Ohio. |
| Wentworth | county seat, central Rockingham County. Courthouse authorized to be est. 1787; first court held there 1799. Post office operated there, 1794-1827, as Rockingham Courthouse. Named for Charles Watson-Wentworth, Duke of Rockingham and prime minister of England when the Stamp Act was repealed; on March 9 and 17, 1778, Watson-Wentworth spoke on behalf of immediate recognition of the independence of the American colonies. Rockingham Community College, est. 1966, is there. Inc. 1998. Alt. approx. 900. |
| Wentworth Township | central Rockingham County. |
| Wesley | community in SE Surry County served by post office, 1894-1905. |