Gazetteer
| Place | Description | 
|---|---|
| White Hurricane Knob | 
 on the Buncombe-Yancey county line SE of Cane River Gap. Appears on recent State Highway Commission maps as Mahogany Knob.  | 
              
| White Lake | 
 a natural lake in E central Bladen County. Covers 1,068 acres; max. depth 10½ ft. Appears as Granston Lake on the Collet map, 1770; later known as Bartrams Lake for William Bartram, who owned adjacent property and operated a gristmill near the lake. Apparently appears first as White Lake on the Shaffer township map of 1886; named for its white, sandy bottom and clear water. It first attracted outside interest about 1922 after roads made it accessible. Boating, fishing, and swimming. See also Carolina Bays.  | 
              
| White Mans Glory Creek | 
 rises in N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Welch Ridge and flows SE into Forney Creek.  | 
              
| White Marsh | 
 rises in S Pender County and flows W into Godfrey Creek.  | 
              
| White Oak | 
 community in NW Bladen County. Alt. 46. Post office est. 1853. Named for John Whiteoak, a colonial resident. Once called Winnie for Jefferson Davis's daughter.  | 
              
| White Oak Creek | 
 rises in SW Avery County and flows SE into North Toe River.  | 
              
| White Oak Island | 
 in W Tyrrell County, is a loamy section surrounded by swampland. Deer and bear hunting.  | 
              
| White Oak Knob | 
 W Graham County in the Snowbird Mountains. Alt. 4,301.  | 
              
| White Oak Landing | 
 on the Cape Fear River in NW Bladen County.  | 
              
| White Oak Mountain | 
 on the Transylvania County, N.C.-Greenville County, S.C., line E of Sassafras Gap.  |