Gazetteer
| Place | Description | 
|---|---|
| Prospect Ridge | a narrow loam and sandy ridge traversing Green Swamp in Brunswick and Columbus Counties from SE to NW. A road between the communities of Supply and Makatoka follows this ridge. | 
| Prosperity | See High Falls. | 
| Protection | community in NE Madison County. | 
| Providence | community in NW Caswell County, sometimes known locally as "Hell's Half Acre." Post office est. there, 1953. | 
| Providence Inlet | See Caffey's Inlet. | 
| Providence Township | former township in S Mecklenburg County, now township no. 5. | 
| Proximity | formerly a cotton-mill community in central Guilford County, now a part of Greensboro. Camp for Overseas Replacement Depot located there during World War II. | 
| Pruitts Fork Creek | rises in E Rockingham County and flows E into Lower Hogan's Creek. Later known as Jones Creek, which see. | 
| Public Creek | rises in the highlands of Indian Island, SE Camden County, and flows E into North River. | 
| Puella | former community in central Transylvania County near confluence of Davidson and French Broad Rivers. Earlier known as Deavers and today known as Pisgah Forest. |