| White Walnut Branch | rises in N Swain County and flows SW into Bone Valley Creek. |
| White's Spring | See Kelsey. |
| White's Store | See Hominy Heights. |
| Whiteface Mountain | at the junction of the Caldwell-Watauga-Wilkes county lines. Alt. 2,450. |
| Whitehall | See Seven Springs. |
| Whitehead | community in central Alleghany County. Named for D. C. Whithead, early settler. Post office est. 1883. Alt. 3,026. |
| Whitehead Creek | rises in N central Avery County and flows s, joining Hickory Branch before flowing into Elk River. |
| Whitehead Township | S central Alleghany County. |
| Whiteheads Mill | See Spencer. |
| Whitehouse | community in N Rutherford County between Cove and Otter Creeks. A stockade for the protection of settlers against Indians was erected in the vicinity of nearby Montford Cove Church in the eighteenth century. |