| Windy Point | on the N side of Pettivers Creek at its junction with White Oak River. |
| Wine Spring Bald | W Macon County between Middle Ridge and Rocky Bald. Alt. 5,445. |
| Wine Spring Creek | rises on McDonald Ridge, W Macon County, and flows NW into Nantahala Lake. |
| Wines Top | peak at SW end of Glade Mountain in E Haywood County. Alt. approx. 4,375. |
| Winfall | town in central Perquimans County. Inc. 1887. Alt. 16. |
| Winfrey Gap | on the Cherokee-Clay county line. Alt. 3,493. |
| Wing | community in W central Mitchell County on Snow Creek. Named for Charles Hallet Wing (1836-1915), professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who settled nearby and in 1887 opened a lending library of about 15,000 volumes. It was the first free public library in the state and the third county library in the United States. See also Ledger. |
| Wingate | town in E central Union County; post office, 1896. Formerly known as Ames. Inc. 1901 as Wingate. Home of Wingate University. Produces wood products. Alt. 575. |
| Winkler Creek | rises in S Watauga County and flows NE into Flannery Fork [South Fork New River]. |
| Winklertown | community in NE Caldwell County on Donahues Creek. |