| Malloy | community in central Rockingham County served by post office, 1898-1903. |
| Malloys Pond | See Richmond Millpond. |
| Malmo | community in NE Brunswick County. |
| Malones Creek | rises in W Warren County and flows NW into Blue Mud Creek. |
| Maltby | community in central Cherokee County between the junction of Cindy Branch and Dick Branch. Alt. 1,611. |
| Mamers | community in W Harnett County. A short distance SE was the pre-Civil War community and post office of Fishcreek, which operated from 1914 to 1954. A muster ground for the county militia was there. |
| Mamie | farming community in S Currituck County on Albemarle Sound. Post office est. there in 1904 and named for Mamie Crank. |
| Manchester | town in NW Cumberland County on Little River. Inc. 1895, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Adjacent to Spring Lake. |
| Manchester Township | NW Cumberland County. |
| Maney Branch | rises in N Buncombe County near Paint Fork Gap and flows SW into Reems Creek. |