| Whitaker's Mills | See Gold Rock. |
| Whitakers | town on the Edgecombe-Nash county line. Settled approx. 1840; post office est. 1866. Post office name changed to Mayonia for approx. 3 months in 1886. Inc. 1872. Named for Richard and Henry Whitaker, local landowners who supplied wood to the railroad when it was being built. First known as Whitaker's Turnout. Alt. 134. |
| White Branch | rises in N Buncombe County and flows SW into Flat Creek. |
| White Branch | rises in NE Cherokee County and flows S into Junaluska Creek. |
| White Branch | rises in N Franklin County and flows NE into Little Shocco Creek. |
| White Creek | rises in S central Avery County and flows SE into Linville River. |
| White Creek | rises in S Buncombe County and flows NE into French Broad River. |
| White Creek | See North Fork [Duck Creek]. |
| White Creek Township | in S Bladen County. |
| White Cross | community in S Orange County. A post office there, 1880-1906, was known as Gath. |