| Pembroke Creek | rises in Pollock Swamp, E Chowan County, and flows S and SE into the W side of the head of Edenton Bay. Formerly known as the W branch of Mattacomack Creek and later Queen Anne's Creek. Took its present name from Thomas Barker's plantation, Pembroke, which was named for his birthplace, Pembroke, Mass. Barker bought his property from Edmund Gale about 1751. See also Ramushawn River. |
| Pembroke Township | central Robeson County. |
| Pender | community immediately S of the town of Halifax, E Halifax County. |
| Pender County | was formed in 1875 from New Hanover County. Located in the SE section of the state, it is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and by New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, Bladen, Sampson, Duplin, and Onslow Counties. It was named for Gen. William D. Pender (1834-63), a Confederate officer killed at Gettysburg. Area: 869 sq. mi. (857, land; 12, water). County seat: Burgaw, with an elevation of 49 ft. Townships are Burgaw, Canetuck, Caswell, Columbia, Grady, Holly, Long Creek, Rocky Point, Topsail, and Union. Produces corn, oats, soybeans, miscellaneous fruits and vegetables, peanuts, poultry, eggs, hogs, dairy products, livestock, turkeys, seafood, metal products, and lumber. See also Pelham Precinct; Lillington County. |
| Pender's Crossroads | community in E Wilson County near White Swamp and Town Creek. Maj. Gen. William Dorsey Pender (1834-63), a Confederate officer killed at Gettysburg, was born nearby. |
| Pendergrass Mountain | central Macon County between Blaine Branch and the heads of Battle Branch and Salser Branch. |
| Penderlea | community in NW Pender County. Land in the area had been purchased after the Civil War by E. R. Brink, a northern investor. He subdivided it, prepared a map, and sold about 50 farms to people in New York City. His mortgage with a Wilmington bank was foreclosed, and the New Yorkers lost their farms and money. Beginning in 1934, the U.S. government purchased a total of 10,500 acres, which was subdivided into tracts of about 30 acres each. Houses and other buildings were erected, and farmers who had been removed from submarginal land taken out of cultivation by the government were moved into the area. A total of 142 farm units were est., and a school, community center, and lake were built. The farms later were sold to those who lived on them. |
| Pendleton | town in NE Northampton County. Est. about 1887; inc. 1893. Known as Woodward's Crossroads until renamed to honor an employee of the railroad on the first train to pass through. Alt. 84. |
| Penelo | community in central Edgecombe County. |
| Penelope | See Longview. |