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Polycarpcommunity in S Alexander County. Alt. approx. 1,000. Named for Rev. Polycarp Henkle, Lutheran minister in the vicinity in the nineteenth century.
Pomeiockappears on the White-De Bry map, 1590, as an enclosed Indian village in present Hyde County between Lake Mattamuskeet and Wyesocking Bay.
Pomonaformer 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 RidgeNW McDowell County. Average alt. approx. 2,600. Locust Knob is on the ridge.
PondSee Stokesdale.
Pond Branchrises in S Buncombe County near Stradley Mountain and flows NE into Hominy Creek.
Pond Branchrises in E Moore County and flows S into Little River.
Pond Branchrises in W Watauga County and flows N into Beech Creek.
Pond KnobNW 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 MountainNW 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.