North Carolina Highway 279 (NC 279) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It connects the cities of Cherryville, Dallas, and Gastonia.

Established in 1977 as a renumbering of NC 277, it originally traversed from NC 275, in Dallas, to the intersection of Church and Mountain streets in Cherryville. In 1981 or 1982, NC 279 was extended east, with a concurrency with NC 275 through Dallas, then south on to Gastonia (formerly NC 277 before 1936) and eventually to the South Carolina state line. It is unknown when the routing changed in Cherryville to its current northern terminus with NC 150.

Established in 1931 as a new primary routing, it connected US 74/NC 20, in Gastonia, to NC 150, in Cherryville. In 1936, its southern terminus was truncated at NC 275, in Dallas. In 1938, its northern terminus was moved through downtown Cherryville to NC 274; it is unknown when it was overlapped with NC 274 to end at Church and Mountain streets. Between 1954 and 1957, the alignment along the route was straightened, creating several small loop roads along the route, several of which say "Old NC 277". In 1977, NC 277 was renumbered to NC 279, to accommodate for Interstate 277.