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Place	Description
Possum Hollow	NW Swain County, extends SE from Pinnacle Ridge to Hazel Creek.
Possum Hollow	community on the N side of Yadkin River, N central Caldwell County.
Possum Neck Swamp	rises in S Craven County and flows NW into Brice Creek.
Possumquarter Creek	rises in W central Warren County and flows S into Fishing Creek. Probably named for Possum Quarter, the plantation of Governor Gabriel Johnston, mentioned in his 1751 will. Appears on the Price map, 1808, as Possum Creek.
Possumtown	See Bethany.
Possumtrot	community in W Yancey County on Possumtrot Creek. Named by an early settler who was riding down a trail on horseback when a lone opossum entered the path ahead of him and trotted along in front of the horse for some distance.
Possumtrot Creek	rises in W Yancey County and flows NE into Bald Creek.
Post Oak	See Blaine.
Postell	community in W Cherokee County on Shoal Creek. Alt. 1,900. Named for Thomas Postell, an early settler.
Pot Branch	rises in S McDowell County and flows SE into Rutherford County, where it enters Briar Creek. Erosion in rocks over which it flows has made potlike holes.