| Pleasure Beach | modern promotional term for Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, and Fort Fisher, all in S New Hanover County. Area also takes in Carolina Beach State Park. |
| Pledger Landing | N Tyrrell County on Albemarle Sound E of Lewis Point. |
| Plot Knob | SW Clay County between the headwaters of Suddawig and Rocky Branches. Alt. 2,390. |
| Plott | community in SW Haywood County served by post office, 1886-1926. Named for local Plott family. |
| Plott Balsam | a knob in W Haywood County on the NE end of Plott Balsams (ridge). Alt. 6,088. Named by Arnold Guyot for Amos Plott, pioneer settler. Nearby Enos Plotts Balsam Mountain (also known as Waterrock Knob) was named for his brother. |
| Plott Balsams | a ridge extending NE from Tuckasegee River in W Jackson County to Plott Balsam (knob) in W Haywood County. Known by the Cherokee Indians as Tunn Ensleas. Named for Henry Plott, father of Amos and Enoch Plott. Elder Plott introduced Plott Hound (now the State Dog) to North Carolina. |
| Plott Creek | rises in W Haywood County and flows SE into Richland Creek. |
| Plott's Old Field Mountain | See Old Field Top Mountain. |
| Plotts | See Eufola. |
| Pluck | community in N Chatham County served by post office, 1884-1903. |