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Place Description
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.
Puett Cove

NE Cherokee County in the Valley River Mountains.