| Plateau | town in SW Catawba County. Inc. 1885 as Keeversville. Name changed, 1893. Long inactive in municipal affairs. |
| Play Rock Hill | elevation in S Henderson County on Mud Creek. |
| Player | community in E Pender County between Shaken Creek and Northeast Cape Fear River. |
| Players Swamp | rises in S Pender County and flows SW into Merricks Creek. |
| Pleasant Branch | rises in NE Swain County and flows NW into Bunches Creek. |
| Pleasant Gap | on the Buncombe-Madison County line between Nofat and Carter Mountains. |
| Pleasant Garden | community in S Guilford County. Alt. 805. Known first as Fentress for local family; renamed Pleasant Garden about 1879. |
| Pleasant Gardens | community in central McDowell County. Named for the home of Joseph McDowell, Patriot leader at the Battle of Kings Mountain (1780). Post office named Garden City operated nearby, 1886-1929. |
| Pleasant Grove | community in NE Alamance County. A post office est. there 1815 operated until 1908. |
| Pleasant Grove | community in E central Caswell County. |