Gazetteer
| Place | Description | 
|---|---|
| Proffitt | community in SW Wilkes County served by post office, 1898-1906. | 
| Progress | community in NW Randolph County. Formerly known as Fraziers for a local storekeeper. | 
| Promontorium tremendum | See Cape Fear. | 
| Prong | community in N Columbus County served by post office, 1889-1903. | 
| Prophet Branch | rises in NW Haywood County and flows SE into Big Branch. Named for a prominent mountain family in the area. | 
| Propst | community in SW Catawba County served by post office, 1899-1905. | 
| Propst's Knob | SW Burke County. Alt. 3,022. | 
| Prospect | community in W central Caswell County. | 
| Prospect Hill | community in SE Caswell County. Named for the former Warren family plantation and its elevated view. A post office was est. there, 1823. | 
| Prospect Knob | NW Iredell County. |