| Cole Mountain Gap | at the head of Skitty Creek in E Macon County. Alt. 4,100. |
| Coleman | community in S McDowell County near Old Fort; former station on Western North Carolina Railroad. |
| Coleman Branch | rises in W Johnston County and flows SW into Black Creek. |
| Coleman Creek | rises in S Clay County and flows E into Hyatt Mill Creek. |
| Coleman Gap | on the Clay-Macon county line. The Appalachian Trail passes through the gap. |
| Coleman Gap | SE Cherokee County at the headwaters of John Mason Branch. |
| Colerain | town in NE Bertie County. Settled by 1700; inc. 1794. Named by its founder, John Campbell, for his hometown of Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland. The post office, est. in 1818, dropped the final letter of the name in the mid-nineteenth century. Cockerne Ferry across the Chowan River N of the site of Colerain appears on the Collet map, 1770, but it apparently ceased operation by 1808. |
| Colerain Township | NE Bertie County. |
| Coleridge | community in E Randolph County on Deep River. Originally known as Foust's Mill. A cotton mill est. there in 1883. Named for James A. Cole, local storekeeper. |
| Coleridge Township | E central Randolph County. |