| Button Bay | a loam-filled bay in N Columbus County. |
| Button Branch | rises in NW Columbus County and flows SW into Dunn Swamp. |
| Buxton | community on Hatteras Island, SE Dare County. One of the most thickly populated sections of the Outer Banks. Formerly known as The Cape (for Cape Hatteras), but the post office was changed to Buxton, 1882. Named for Judge Ralph P. Buxton (1826-1900). |
| Buxton | plantation house in S Warren County S of the community of Inez; home of John Buxton Williams, a local planter. The house, built in 1850, is still standing. |
| Buxton Woods Coastal Reserve | See Hatteras Woods. |
| Buzzard Bay | an inlet of the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean (through Corncake Inlet) in the N part of Smith Island, Brunswick County. |
| Buzzard Bay | in South River near site of former Lukens community, N central Carteret County. |
| Buzzard Bay | on the sound side of N Bodie Island in E Dare County; opposite the town of Kill Devil Hills and on S coast of Colington Island. See also Colington Island. |
| Buzzard Branch | rises in N Franklin County and flows NE into Sandy Creek. |
| Buzzard Knob | S Buncombe County NW of Hickory Top. |