Folkner Branch is a 3.89 mi (6.26 km) long 1st order tributary to the New Hope River in North Carolina.

Folkner Branch joins the New Hope River within the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir.

Folkner Branch rises in a pond on the Rocky Ford and Lick Branch divide about 3 miles west of Green Level, North Carolina.

Folkner Branch then flows westerly to meet New Hope River in the B. Everett Jordan Lake Reservoir in Chatham County.

[2] Folkner Branch drains 3.15 square miles (8.2 km2) of area, receives about 47.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 508.03, and has an average water temperature of 15.35 °C.