| Pivers Island | S Carteret County W of the town of Beaufort. Named for the Piver family. Site of a U.S. marine biological station. |
| Pixie Mountain | central Avery County. |
| Plain | community in SE Guilford County served by post office, 1879-1903. Name derived from Quaker principles. |
| Plain View | community in N Richmond County. |
| Plain View Township | NW Sampson County. |
| Plainfield | community in W Alleghany County served by post office, 1898-1908. |
| Plainview | community in W Robeson County on the NW outskirts of Rowland, which see. McQueen's Store, a post office est. 1811 was in the vicinity. Name changed to Queensdale, which see, 1820, and operation continued until 1904. |
| Plank Bridge | See Camden. |
| Plank Ford | N Union County across Rocky River. |
| Plass Gap | S Macon County between Norton Branch and Middle Creek. |