Dogs for Adoption in North Carolina

Rescues and shelters near 583 North Carolina cities and towns have dogs looking for homes, including 114 near Charlotte. Pick the place nearest you, or search by zip code. Updated November 4, 2026.

Biggest cities in North Carolina

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  Dogs for Adoption in Charlotte, NC

  114 dogs · 10 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Raleigh, NC

  282 dogs · 10 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Greensboro, NC

  124 dogs · 9 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Durham, NC

  226 dogs · 8 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Winston-Salem, NC

  86 dogs · 9 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Fayetteville, NC

  244 dogs · 8 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Cary, NC

  252 dogs · 10 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Wilmington, NC

  87 dogs · 11 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in High Point, NC

  145 dogs · 12 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Concord, NC

  62 dogs · 5 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Greenville, NC

  381 dogs · 19 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Asheville, NC

  47 dogs · 3 rescues

Dogs for adoption by county

• Alamance County 277
• Alexander County 91
• Alleghany County 11
• Anson County 24
• Ashe County 11
• Avery County 38
• Beaufort County 18
• Bertie County 28
• Bladen County 64
• Brunswick County 31
• Buncombe County 34
• Burke County 142
• Cabarrus County 62
• Caldwell County 96
• Camden County 32
• Carteret County 7
• Caswell County 86
• Catawba County 76
• Chatham County 14
• Cherokee County 34
• Clay County 25
• Cleveland County 49
• Columbus County 31
• Craven County 13
• Cumberland County 40
• Currituck County 28
• Davidson County 35
• Davie County 149
• Duplin County 31
• Durham County 60
• Edgecombe County 18
• Forsyth County 86
• Franklin County 69
• Gaston County 171
• Gates County 36
• Graham County 18
• Granville County 85
• Greene County 34
• Guilford County 10
• Halifax County 101
• Harnett County 212
• Haywood County 45
• Henderson County 32
• Hertford County 26
• Hoke County 204
• Iredell County 60
• Jackson County 61
• Johnston County 360
• Jones County 14
• Lee County 12
• Lenoir County 6
• Lincoln County 76
• Macon County 57
• Madison County 67
• Martin County 28
• McDowell County 58
• Mecklenburg County 54
• Mitchell County 92
• Montgomery County 80
• Moore County 264
• Nash County 79
• New Hanover County 31
• Northampton County 28
• Onslow County 7
• Orange County 371
• Pasquotank County 32
• Pender County 30
• Perquimans County 31
• Person County 171
• Pitt County 34
• Polk County 178
• Randolph County 151
• Richmond County 65
• Robeson County 10
• Rockingham County 117
• Rowan County 96
• Rutherford County 38
• Sampson County 73
• Scotland County 52
• Stanly County 13
• Stokes County 59
• Surry County 7
• Swain County 61
• Transylvania County 32
• Union County 73
• Vance County 110
• Wake County 209
• Warren County 122
• Watauga County 36
• Wayne County 71
• Wilkes County 90
• Wilson County 156
• Yadkin County 136
• Yancey County 20

Every city and town in North Carolina

• A
• Aberdeen 235
• Ahoskie 22
• Alamance 308
• Albemarle 131
• Alliance 7
• Andrews 15
• Angier 218
• Ansonville 24
• Apex 264
• Arapahoe 7
• Archdale 138
• Archer Lodge 126
• Asheboro 151
• Asheville 47
• Askewville 22
• Atkinson 30
• Atlantic Beach 7
• Aulander 28
• Autryville 230
• Ayden 34
• B
• Badin 109
• Bailey 88
• Bakersville 92
• Bald Head Island 31
• Banner Elk 22
• Bath 18
• Bayboro 7
• Bayshore 30
• Bear Grass 34
• Beaufort 7
• Beech Mountain 22
• Belmont 146
• Belville 38
• Belwood 170
• Benson 177
• Bermuda Run 133
• Bessemer City 171
• Bethania 82
• Bethel 38
• Bethlehem 98
• Beulaville 31
• Biltmore Forest 47
• Biscoe 103
• Black Creek 156
• Black Mountain 54
• Bladenboro 51
• Blowing Rock 58
• Boardman 29
• Bogue 7
• Boiling Spring Lakes 31
• Boiling Springs 76
• Bolivia 31
• Bolton 31
• Boone 36
• Boonville 119
• Bostic 157
• Brevard 32
• Brices Creek 13
• Bridgeton 13
• Broadway 200
• Brogden 53
• Brookford 139
• Brunswick 49
• Bryson City 63
• Buies Creek 200
• Bunn 106
• Burgaw 30
• Burlington 308
• Burnsville 105
• Butner 100
• C
• Cajah's Mountain 134
• Calabash 33
• Calypso 77
• Cameron 34
• Candor 67
• Canton 47
• Cape Carteret 8
• Carolina Beach 31
• Carolina Shores 33
• Carrboro 224
• Carthage 268
• Cary 252
• Casar 190
• Castalia 79
• Caswell Beach 31
• Catawba 76
• Cedar Point 8
• Cedar Rock 96
• Cerro Gordo 29
• Chadbourn 46
• Chapel Hill 242
• Charlotte 114
• Cherryville 171
• Chimney Rock Village 40
• China Grove 61
• Chocowinity 24
• Claremont 76
• Clarkton 49
• Clayton 281
• Clemmons 137
• Cleveland 96
• Clinton 73
• Clyde 45
• Coats 200
• Cofield 26
• Colerain 22
• Columbus 178
• Como 8
• Concord 62
• Conetoe 38
• Connelly Springs 145
• Conover 76
• Conway 28
• Cooleemee 159
• Cornelius 87
• Cove City 13
• Cramerton 146
• Creedmoor 100
• Crossnore 76
• Cullowhee 59
• D
• Dallas 78
• Dana 70
• Danbury 59
• Davidson 71
• Denton 130
• Dillsboro 52
• Dobbins Heights 65
• Dobson 72
• Dortches 156
• Dover 31
• Drexel 145
• Dublin 57
• Duck 27
• Dunn 48
• Durham 226
• E
• Earl 46
• East Arcadia 31
• East Bend 119
• East Flat Rock 70
• East Rockingham 31
• East Spencer 156
• Eastover 236
• Eden 49
• Elizabeth City 36
• Elizabethtown 61
• Elk Park 22
• Elkin 126
• Ellenboro 44
• Ellerbe 65
• Elm City 156
• Elon 292
• Elroy 60
• Emerald Isle 8
• Enfield 101
• Enochville 71
• Erwin 199
• Etowah 32
• Everetts 34
• F
• Fair Bluff 26
• Fairfield Harbour 13
• Fairview 92
• Faison 77
• Faith 87
• Falcon 263
• Falkland 34
• Fallston 170
• Farmville 34
• Fayetteville 244
• Flat Rock 32
• Fletcher 34
• Fontana Dam 19
• Forest City 189
• Forest Hills 59
• Forest Oaks 137
• Fountain 34
• Four Oaks 360
• Foxfire 235
• Franklin 57
• Franklinton 96
• Franklinville 305
• Fremont 156
• Fuquay-Varina 205
• G
• Gamewell 134
• Garland 58
• Garner 282
• Garysburg 28
• Gaston 28
• Gastonia 171
• Gatesville 36
• Gibson 40
• Gibsonville 141
• Glen Alpine 104
• Glen Raven 308
• Godwin 263
• Goldsboro 71
• Goldston 343
• Graham 277
• Grandfather Village 38
• Granite Falls 145
• Granite Quarry 87
• Grantsboro 7
• Green Level 277
• Greenevers 33
• Greensboro 124
• Greenville 381
• Grifton 37
• Grimesland 30
• Grover 46
• H
• Half Moon 31
• Halifax 28
• Hamilton 28
• Hamlet 53
• Hampstead 30
• Harmony 127
• Harrells 54
• Harrellsville 26
• Harrisburg 62
• Hassell 34
• Havelock 7
• Haw River 277
• Hayesville 25
• Hemby Bridge 98
• Henderson 69
• Hendersonville 32
• Hertford 30
• Hickory 136
• High Point 145
• High Shoals 75
• Highlands 59
• Hildebran 136
• Hillsborough 371
• Hobgood 32
• Hoffman 65
• Holden Beach 34
• Holly Ridge 30
• Holly Springs 264
• Hookerton 34
• Hope Mills 204
• Hot Springs 70
• Hudson 134
• Huntersville 71
• I
• Icard 155
• Indian Beach 7
• Indian Trail 98
• J
• Jackson 28
• Jacksonville 138
• James City 13
• Jamestown 137
• Jamesville 22
• Jefferson 11
• Jonesville 126
• K
• Kannapolis 71
• Kelford 28
• Kenansville 31
• Kenly 312
• Kernersville 88
• King 81
• Kings Grant 30
• Kings Mountain 171
• Kingstown 44
• Kinston 35
• Kittrell 94
• Kitty Hawk 26
• Knightdale 281
• Kure Beach 31
• L
• La Grange 41
• Lake Junaluska 45
• Lake Lure 178
• Lake Norman of Catawba 77
• Lake Park 98
• Lake Royale 104
• Lake Santeetlah 24
• Lake Waccamaw 49
• Landis 61
• Lansing 11
• Lasker 28
• Lattimore 44
• Laurel Park 32
• Laurinburg 40
• Lawndale 60
• Leggett 107
• Leland 38
• Lenoir 134
• Lewiston Woodville 28
• Lewisville 120
• Lexington 130
• Liberty 292
• Lilesville 14
• Lillington 212
• Lincolnton 54
• Linden 279
• Littleton 101
• Locust 127
• Long View 136
• Louisburg 98
• Love Valley 126
• Lowell 62
• Lowesville 92
• Lucama 311
• Lumber Bridge 52
• Lumberton 40
• M
• Macclesfield 112
• Macon 122
• Madison 88
• Maggie Valley 45
• Magnolia 49
• Maiden 76
• Mar-Mac 222
• Marietta 26
• Marion 58
• Mars Hill 54
• Marshall 67
• Marshville 73
• Marvin 79
• Matthews 114
• Maxton 40
• Mayodan 88
• Maysville 14
• McAdenville 62
• McDonald 40
• McFarlan 16
• Mebane 372
• Micro 334
• Middleburg 110
• Middlesex 116
• Midland 143
• Midway 162
• Mills River 32
• Milton 63
• Mineral Springs 79
• Minnesott Beach 7
• Mint Hill 114
• Misenheimer 137
• Mocksville 159
• Momeyer 79
• Monroe 73
• Montreat 54
• Mooresboro 44
• Mooresville 77
• Morehead City 7
• Morganton 142
• Morrisville 252
• Morven 13
• Mount Airy 59
• Mount Gilead 75
• Mount Holly 53
• Mount Olive 76
• Mount Pleasant 148
• Mountain Home 32
• Mountain View 139
• Moyock 32
• Murfreesboro 26
• Murphy 34
• Murraysville 30
• Myrtle Grove 38
• N
• Nashville 156
• Navassa 38
• New Bern 13
• New London 131
• Newland 38
• Newport 7
• Newton 76
• Newton Grove 255
• Norlina 104
• Norman 69
• North Topsail Beach 27
• North Wilkesboro 90
• Northchase 30
• Northwest 31
• Norwood 101
• O
• Oak City 28
• Oak Island 31
• Oak Ridge 88
• Oakboro 119
• Ocean Isle Beach 33
• Ogden 30
• Old Fort 60
• Oriental 7
• Orrum 26
• Ossipee 129
• Oxford 69
• P
• Parkton 52
• Parmele 38
• Patterson Springs 170
• Peachland 24
• Peletier 8
• Pembroke 40
• Pikeville 156
• Pilot Mountain 59
• Pine Knoll Shores 7
• Pine Level 334
• Pinebluff 235
• Pinehurst 235
• Pinetops 103
• Pineville 146
• Piney Green 14
• Pink Hill 14
• Pittsboro 215
• Pleasant Garden 150
• Plymouth 22
• Polkton 24
• Polkville 44
• Pollocksville 13
• Porters Neck 30
• Powellsville 22
• Princeton 334
• Princeville 38
• Proctorville 26
• R
• Raeford 204
• Raleigh 282
• Ramseur 305
• Randleman 151
• Ranlo 78
• Raynham 40
• Red Cross 124
• Red Oak 150
• Red Springs 52
• Reidsville 124
• Rennert 52
• Rhodhiss 145
• Rich Square 28
• Richfield 137
• Richlands 31
• River Bend 13
• River Road 24
• Roanoke Rapids 28
• Robbins 276
• Robbinsville 18
• Robersonville 34
• Rockfish 204
• Rockingham 65
• Rockwell 153
• Rocky Mount 156
• Rolesville 130
• Ronda 125
• Rose Hill 33
• Roseboro 72
• Rosman 127
• Roxboro 171
• Roxobel 28
• Royal Pines 34
• Rural Hall 81
• Ruth 189
• Rutherford College 145
• Rutherfordton 189
• S
• Salemburg 235
• Salisbury 74
• Saluda 172
• Sandy Creek 31
• Sandyfield 31
• Sanford 200
• Saratoga 140
• Sawmills 140
• Scotland Neck 32
• Seaboard 28
• Seagrove 151
• Sedalia 141
• Selma 316
• Seven Devils 38
• Seven Lakes 235
• Seven Springs 17
• Severn 26
• Shallotte 34
• Sharpsburg 156
• Shelby 170
• Siler City 364
• Silver Lake 38
• Simpson 30
• Sims 311
• Skippers Corner 30
• Smithfield 346
• Sneads Ferry 27
• Snow Hill 34
• South Rosemary 28
• Southern Pines 235
• Southern Shores 26
• Southport 31
• Sparta 11
• Speed 38
• Spencer 156
• Spindale 189
• Spring Hope 88
• Spring Lake 52
• Spruce Pine 92
• St. Helena 30
• St. James 31
• St. Pauls 52
• St. Stephens 136
• Staley 305
• Stallings 114
• Stanfield 127
• Stanley 69
• Stantonsburg 140
• Star 103
• Statesville 76
• Stedman 230
• Stem 94
• Stokesdale 88
• Stoneville 84
• Stonewall 7
• Stovall 154
• Sugar Mountain 38
• Summerfield 131
• Sunset Beach 33
• Surf City 30
• Swannanoa 54
• Swansboro 8
• Swepsonville 277
• Sylva 52
• T
• Tabor City 14
• Tar Heel 40
• Tarboro 107
• Taylorsville 91
• Taylortown 235
• Teachey 33
• Thomasville 117
• Tobaccoville 81
• Topsail Beach 30
• Trent Woods 13
• Trenton 13
• Trinity 138
• Troutman 77
• Troy 80
• Tryon 178
• Turkey 80
• Tyro 163
• U
• Unionville 70
• V
• Valdese 145
• Vanceboro 31
• Varnamtown 31
• Vass 34
• W
• Waco 171
• Wade 250
• Wadesboro 24
• Wagram 52
• Wake Forest 130
• Walkertown 88
• Wallace 36
• Wallburg 124
• Walnut Cove 88
• Walnut Creek 60
• Walstonburg 129
• Warrenton 124
• Warsaw 49
• Washington 24
• Washington Park 24
• Watha 36
• Waxhaw 79
• Waynesville 45
• Weaverville 67
• Webster 52
• Weddington 76
• Welcome 137
• Weldon 28
• Wendell 126
• Wentworth 117
• Wesley Chapel 79
• West Jefferson 11
• Westport 87
• Whispering Pines 34
• Whitakers 110
• White Lake 63
• Whiteville 49
• Whitsett 141
• Wilkesboro 90
• Williamston 28
• Wilmington 87
• Wilson 156
• Wilson's Mills 41
• Windsor 22
• Winfall 31
• Wingate 73
• Winston-Salem 86
• Winterville 34
• Winton 26
• Woodfin 67
• Woodland 28
• Wrightsboro 31
• Wrightsville Beach 30
• Y
• Yadkinville 136
• Yanceyville 86
• Youngsville 100
• Z
• Zebulon 126

Rescues in North Carolina

• Pawfect Match Rescue 118
• Franklin County Humane Society 60
• Mountain Pet Rescue Asheville 32
• Piedmont Animal Rescue 31
• Heart of the Foothills Animal Rescue 24
• CrisisDogsNC 22
• Rusty's Rescue Ranch 18
• Ruff Love Foster Care and Dog Rescue 16
• Perfectly Imperfect Pups 16
• Yancey County Humane Society 12
• Edgecombe County Animal Shelter 10
• Chatham Animal Rescue & Education 10
• Stanly County Humane Society, Inc 9
• Greater Charlotte SPCA 9
• Carolina Animal Rescue And Adoption 8
• Mitchell Mill Animal Hospital Rescue Inc 8

All states · All rescues · Listings are updated daily.