| Western Prong | rises in N Columbus County and flows NE and SE into Red Hill Swamp, after which it is known as White Marsh. |
| Western Prong Township | N Columbus County. |
| Westfield | community in NE Surry County. Grew up around a Quaker mission est. there in 1760 and known first as Tom's Creek. Renamed for the fact that it was a W missionary field for the New Garden [Guilford County] Quakers. Served by post office since 1834. |
| Westfield Township | NE Surry County. |
| Westminster | community in W Guilford County served by post office, 1843-1904. |
| Westminster | community in N central Rutherford County that grew up around Fort McGaughey; built approx. 1765 and used through the Revolutionary War. Sometimes known also as Brittain for Little Brittain Presbyterian Church, est. there in 1768. Present name is taken from Westminster School, founded there in 1901 by 10 Presbyterian churches in Cleveland, Polk, and Rutherford Counties; the school closed in 1923. |
| Westmouth Bay | between Browns and Harkers Island in The Straits, SE Carteret County. |
| Weston Knob | S Buncombe County S of Merrill Mountain. |
| Westover | community in W central Wake County; formerly the site of Thompson, a railroad station. Settled 1917 and named for Westover, Md. Alt. 325. |
| Westover | community in NW Washington County. Alt. 17. A post office, White Marsh, was est. there in 1878 and continued until 1886. A 450-acre tract of land there owned by Surveyor General Edward Moseley (1682-1749) was known as White Marsh, a name that appears on the Moseley map, 1733. |