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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.
Each entry is located according to the county in which it is found. I have not felt obliged to keep entries uniform. The altitude of a place, the date of incorporation of a city or town, may appear in the beginning of one entry and at the end of another. Some entries may appear more complete than others. I have included whatever information I could find. If there is no comment on the origin or meaning of a name, it is because the information was not available. In some cases, however, resort to an unabridged dictionary may suggest the meaning of many names."
--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Poplar Tent Township |
former township in W Cabarrus County, now township no. 2. |
| Poplar Township |
NW Mitchell County. |
| Poppaw Creek |
rises in SW Alamance County and flows N into Stinking Quarter Creek. |
| Populi |
community in NW Bladen County served by post office, 1892-1929. |
| Poquoson Point |
S Camden County in the mouth of Pasquotank River. Also sometimes called Camden Point. Name derived from an Algonquian word pequessen, meaning a swamp or a dismal. |
| Porcelain |
See Linville. |
| Pores Knob |
S Wilkes County, the highest peak in the Brushy Mountains. Alt. 2,680. Named for Moses Poore, an eighteenth-century resident. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Mt. Night. See also Brushy Mountains. |
| Pork Creek |
See Fork Creek. |
| Porpoise Point |
NE Pamlico County on the E side of Goose Creek Island between Big Porpoise Bay and Little Porpoise Bay. |
| Port Fernando |
See Hatorask Inlet. |
