| Withrow Creek | rises in S Iredell County and flows NE into Rowan County, where it joins Back Creek in forming North Second Creek. Appears as North Fork [Second Creek] on the Collet Map, 1770. |
| Witness Rock Ridge | N McDowell County on the S side of Armstrong Creek. |
| Wittenburg | community in S Alexander County. Named for Daniel Wittenburg, who settled in the vicinity about 1830. A post office, 1807-1909. |
| Wittenburg Township | SW Alexander County. |
| Wittys Crossroads | community in S Rockingham County. Aspen Grove was a nearby post office, 1899-1902. |
| Wococon Inlet | See Wococon Island. |
| Wococon Island | appears on the White map, 1585, as composed of parts of the present Ocracoke and Portsmouth Islands in Hyde and Carteret Counties. Port Grenvil, which see, formed its N limit and Wococon Inlet (an inlet, now closed, in Portsmouth Island) the S limit. Name probably derived from the Indian word wahkahikani (enclosed place; stockade). Appears as Gordens Island on the Smith map, 1624. See also Portsmouth Island. |
| Wohanoke | See Ohanoak. |
| Wolf | community in central Person County served by post office, 1900-1902. |
| Wolf Bald | on the Haywood-Jackson county line. |