Pick Breeches Creek | rises in NE Watauga County and flows SE into Rube Creek. |
Pick's Sliding | See Somerset. |
Pickards Mountain | SW Orange County on the head of Morgan Creek. |
Pickens Gap | NW Swain County on the S end of Jenkins Trail Ridge. |
Pickens Nose | mountain in S Macon County between Betty Creek and Dryman Fork. Alt. approx. 4,900. |
Picket Branch | rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SE and SW into Valley River. |
Picketts Bay | an arm of White Oak River N of Swansboro, SE Onslow County between Muddy Creek and Mount Pleasant Point. |
Picks | See Somerset. |
Picture Creek | rises in SW Granville County and flows SW into Knap of Reeds Creek. |
Piedmont | or extends from the Fall Line, which see, on the E to the Blue Ridge Mountains on the w. In elevation, the area ranges from approx. 500 ft. above sea level on the E to 1,500 ft. on the w. Rolling hills and stiff clay soil are characteristic of the Piedmont. The Indians knew the region as Tar-ko-ee (Catawba Land; Under Hills). |