City

• Charlotte

  The largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina.

• Durham

  A city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University.

• Greensboro

  A city of north central North Carolina.

• Greenville

  A city in eastern North Carolina; tobacco market.

• Winston-Salem

  A city of north central North Carolina.

Town

• Asheville

  A town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte.

• Chapel Hill

  A town in central North Carolina; site of the University of North Carolina.

• Fayetteville

  A town in south central North Carolina.

• Goldsboro

  A town that is a major tobacco center in eastern North Carolina.

• Wilmington

  A town in southeastern North Carolina on the Cape Fear River.

Cape

• Cape Fear

  A cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean.

• Cape Hatteras

  A promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina; "frequent...

River

• Cape Fear River

  A river in North Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fe...

• Pee Dee

  A river that flows through central North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina to the...

Also contains

• Blue Ridge Mountains

  A range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern...

• Hatteras Island

  A barrier island running parallel to the North Carolina shore.

• Raleigh

  Capital of the state of North Carolina; located in the east central part of the North C...

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park

  A national park in Tennessee and North Carolina that includes...