| Duffey | community in W Robeson County served by post office, 1892-94. |
| Duffs Creek | rises in SW Duplin County and flows S into Rockfish Creek. |
| Dugar Mountain | SE Watauga County between Mast Knob and Little Dugger Mountain. Alt. 3,700. |
| Duges Island | E Carteret County in Core Sound near Core Banks. |
| Dugger Creek | rises in SE Watauga County and flows SE into Wilkes County, where it enters Elk Creek at Darby. Appears in eighteenth-century records as Julius Duggar's Rock House Creek. |
| Duggs Island | See Bodie Island. |
| Duharts Creek | rises in central Gaston County and flows SE into South Fork Catawba River. |
| Duke | See Erwin. |
| Duke Forest | W Durham and E Orange Counties, consists of a total of 7,020 acres in 5 main units. Est. 1931, it is owned by Duke University and used for demonstration, an experimental forest, and an outdoor laboratory for students in forestry. There are recreational areas and provisions for picnickers, hikers, and horseback riders. |
| Duke Hall | See Halls. |