Possum Hollow | NW Swain County, extends SE from Pinnacle Ridge to Hazel Creek. |
Possum Hollow | community on the N side of Yadkin River, N central Caldwell County. |
Possum Neck Swamp | rises in S Craven County and flows NW into Brice Creek. |
Possumquarter Creek | rises in W central Warren County and flows S into Fishing Creek. Probably named for Possum Quarter, the plantation of Governor Gabriel Johnston, mentioned in his 1751 will. Appears on the Price map, 1808, as Possum Creek. |
Possumtown | See Bethany. |
Possumtrot | community in W Yancey County on Possumtrot Creek. Named by an early settler who was riding down a trail on horseback when a lone opossum entered the path ahead of him and trotted along in front of the horse for some distance. |
Possumtrot Creek | rises in W Yancey County and flows NE into Bald Creek. |
Post Oak | See Blaine. |
Postell | community in W Cherokee County on Shoal Creek. Alt. 1,900. Named for Thomas Postell, an early settler. |
Pot Branch | rises in S McDowell County and flows SE into Rutherford County, where it enters Briar Creek. Erosion in rocks over which it flows has made potlike holes. |