| Paint Hill | SE Moore County. Indians made red paint from stones found at the site, hence the name. Alt. 640. |
| Paint Mountain | SW Swain County between Big Creek and Right Fork [Wesser Creek]. |
| Paint Rock | community in W Madison County on French Broad River. Inc. 1891; charter repealed 1895. Early landmark, site of a blockhouse to protect settlers from Indians, 1793. Figures on a rock cliff there appeared to early settlers to be paintings. Appears as Painted Rock on the Price map, 1808. Alt. 1,265. |
| Painted Rock | See Paint Rock. |
| Painter | See Cullowhee. |
| Painter Branch | rises in E Cherokee County and flows NW into Peachtree Creek. |
| Painter Branch | rises in N Haywood County and flows SW into Pigeon River. |
| Painter Branch | rises in W Swain County and flows SE into Little Tennessee River. |
| Painter Knob | N Cleveland County. Alt. 2,323. |
| Painter Swamp | rises in W Hertford County and flows SE into Potecasi Creek. |