| Catechna | See Snow Hill. |
| Cateechee Branch | rises in E central Transylvania County and flows SE into French Broad River. |
| Caterpillar Creek | rises in SE Alamance County and flows SE into Orange County, where it enters Cane Creek. |
| Cates Creek | rises in central Orange County and flows NE into Eno River. |
| Catfield Point | S Onslow County in Stones Bay. |
| Catfish | community in W Catawba County served by post office, 1886-1903. |
| Catfish Lake | a natural lake in Croatan National Forest, E Jones and SW Craven Counties. Covers 950 acres, with a max. depth of 4 to 5 ft. It is in the Lakes Pocosin, which see. |
| Catfish Point | E Tyrrell County, extends from the mainland into Alligator River. |
| Catharine Creek | rises in E Hertford County and flows N into Chowan River. Undoubtedly a corruption of Cautaking, Catokinge, or Cataking, an Indian village of the sixteenth century located in the area. The Indian name probably meant "at the land that pushes" or "bulges out," as if into the river. |
| Catharine Lake | a natural lake in NW Onslow County. Covers approx. 45 acres, with a max. depth of 15 ft. Alt. 17. A community by the name existed as early as 1861, but the lake itself apparently is not shown on early maps. Local tradition says that it was named by John Avirette for his fiancée, Catharine Cole. Another source relates that it was named for the Cothran family in the vicinity. |