Polycarp | community in S Alexander County. Alt. approx. 1,000. Named for Rev. Polycarp Henkle, Lutheran minister in the vicinity in the nineteenth century. |
Pomeiock | appears on the White-De Bry map, 1590, as an enclosed Indian village in present Hyde County between Lake Mattamuskeet and Wyesocking Bay. |
Pomona | former community in central Guilford County now within Greensboro city limits. Alt. 868. Named for the Italian goddess of the fruit of trees; a nursery was once located there. |
Pompey Ridge | NW McDowell County. Average alt. approx. 2,600. Locust Knob is on the ridge. |
Pond | See Stokesdale. |
Pond Branch | rises in S Buncombe County near Stradley Mountain and flows NE into Hominy Creek. |
Pond Branch | rises in E Moore County and flows S into Little River. |
Pond Branch | rises in W Watauga County and flows N into Beech Creek. |
Pond Knob | NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Big Grill Ridge, lat. 35°32' N., long. 83°46'23" W. Alt. 4,148. |
Pond Mountain | NW Ashe County. Alt. approx. 5,000. The top of the mountain is a large level plateau covered with bluegrass and containing several small ponds. Said to have been named by Peter Jefferson in 1749. |