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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.

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--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell

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Place Description
Poison Cove Branch

rises in NE Buncombe County and flows NW into North Fork Ivy Creek.
Poison Cove Top

E Haywood County near the head of Poison Cove Branch.
Poison Fork

rises in S Randolph County and flows SW into Montgomery County, where it enters Barnes Creek.
Poison Springs

See Barium Springs.
Pokeberry Creek

rises in N Chatham County and flows SW into Haw River.
Pole Branch

rises in W Johnston County and flows SE into Black Creek.
Pole Bridge Branch

rises in central Cherokee County and flows NW into Valley River.
Pole Bridge Creek

rises in W Stanly County and flows NE into Big Bear Creek.
Pole Bridge Gap

N Wilkes County at the N end of Greenstreet Mountain.
Pole Creek

rises in SW Buncombe County from 2 branches, each rising on the S slopes of Holland Mountain. One flows SE through Milksick Cove; the other flows SE through Herren Cove. They join to flow SE into Hominy Creek.