| Pogey Mountain | See Poga Mountain. |
| Poindexter | See Smithtown. |
| Poindexter Branch | rises in central Macon County and flows NE into Iotla Creek. |
| Point Bacon | appears on the Smith map, 1624, as the N portion of present Currituck Banks in E Currituck County. It was shown as extending S from Cape Henry, Va., to Currituck Inlet. Undoubtedly named for Sir Francis Bacon, whose favor Smith sought to win. |
| Point Caswell | community in W Pender County on Black River. Named for Richard Caswell (1729-89), governor of North Carolina. Settled prior to the Civil War. Inc. in 1883 as Caswell; charter repealed 1901. Formerly a thriving shipping point on the river; now only a church and a few houses remain. |
| Point Corbett | appears on the Smith map, 1624, as the area of NE North Carolina presently included in Camden and Currituck Counties. |
| Point Durant | See Durants Neck. |
| Point Harbor | community at the extreme S tip of Currituck County at Powells Point. Settled prior to 1667. Post office est. in 1906 as Marvin but changed in 1907 to Point Harbor. |
| Point Hezel | appears on the Collet map, 1770, as a point of land in SE New Hanover County between Hewlets and Bradley Creeks on the mainland W of modern Wrightsville Beach. Probably named for James Hasell (d. 1786), chief justice of the colony. |
| Point Lookout | E Haywood County on Glade Mountain. Alt. approx. 4,530. |