Gazetteer
| Place | Description | 
|---|---|
| Pennys Hill | 
 a large sand hill at the present community of Seagull on Currituck Banks, E Currituck County; has been a landmark locally since the early eighteenth century.  | 
              
| Penrose | 
 community in E Transylvania County between Lydia Creek and French Broad River. Alt. 2,087.  | 
              
| Pensacola | 
 community in S Yancey County on Cane River. Alt. 2,858. Name derived from an Indian word probably meaning "hair people" (those who wore their hair long).  | 
              
| Pensacola Township | 
 S central Yancey County.  | 
              
| Penson Knob | 
 S Macon County between Dover Knob and the Georgia state line.  | 
              
| Penson Mountain | 
 S Macon County between Middle Creek and Norton Branch.  | 
              
| Peoria | 
 community in NW Watauga County on the head of Stone Mountain Branch.  | 
              
| Pepper Creek | 
 rises in NE McDowell County and flows S into North Fork [Catawba River] near North Cove.  | 
              
| Peppers | 
 community in W Mitchell County on Bee Creek.  | 
              
| Perch | 
 community in SE Surry County served by post office, 1894-1904.  |