North Carolina Dept. of Transportation GIS
Includes streets, highways, railroads, etc. that are much cleaner than Census's TIGER files. Also, contours and elevations and other non-DOT data. Data may be shapefiles, geodatabases, or online layers such as WCM. All use NC State Plane, NAD83, feet.
North Carolina County GIS Data
Information about GIS data that's available from North Carolina counties, compiled by the NC State University Libraries. Links to country GIS offices and interactive mapping sites, with other contact information.