| Pennix Cove | N Buncombe County E of Hemphill Mountain. |
| Penny | community in N Johnston County served by post office, 1884-1901. |
| Penny Hill | town on the Edgecombe-Pitt county line on Tar River. Inc. 1875, but no longer active in municipal affairs. |
| Pennys Hill | a large sand hill at the present community of Seagull on Currituck Banks, E Currituck County; has been a landmark locally since the early eighteenth century. |
| Penrose | community in E Transylvania County between Lydia Creek and French Broad River. Alt. 2,087. |
| Pensacola | community in S Yancey County on Cane River. Alt. 2,858. Name derived from an Indian word probably meaning "hair people" (those who wore their hair long). |
| Pensacola Township | S central Yancey County. |
| Penson Knob | S Macon County between Dover Knob and the Georgia state line. |
| Penson Mountain | S Macon County between Middle Creek and Norton Branch. |
| Peoria | community in NW Watauga County on the head of Stone Mountain Branch. |