| Paynes Branch | rises in SW Clay County and flows NE into Brasstown Creek. |
| Paynes Knob | central Buncombe County NE of Rocky Knob. |
| Paynes Store | community in SE Alexander County. |
| Paynes Tavern | community in S Person County near North Flat River. Cornwallis spent a night there in 1781 during the Revolutionary War. The tavern has long since ceased to exist. |
| Pea Branch | rises in E Pitt County and flows E into Tranters Creek. |
| Pea Hill Creek | rises in S Virginia and flows S into Northampton County, where it enters Roanoke River. Appears on the map of the North Carolina-Virginia line run by William Byrd and others, 1728. |
| Pea Island | part of the Outer Banks in E Dare County. Once a separate island, but now part of Hatteras Island, bounded on the N by Oregon Inlet and on the S by Hatteras Island. Also known as Chicamacomico Banks, which see. |
| Pea Island National Waterfowl Refuge | a national wildlife refuge covering all of Pea Island and the N end of Hatteras Island to Rodanthe, E Dare County. Federally funded in 1938 as a winter preserve for migratory birds. Formerly known as Pea Island Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. |
| Pea Landing | See Calabash. |
| Pea Ridge | elevated sandy area in N Washington County on Albemarle Sound extending NE from Leonards Point. |