| Priscilla | See Ranlo-Rex-Priscilla. |
| Prissy Bay | sand-filled bay in SE Sampson County at the head of Wildcat Swamp. See also Carolina Bays. |
| Pritchard Tavern | See Buena Vista. |
| Pritchett | community in SE Rockingham County served by post office, 1886-1903. Named for postmaster Thomas Pritchett. |
| Privett | community in S Franklin County. |
| Procks Point | extends into Jarrett Bay SE of community of Davis, SE Carteret County. |
| Proctor | former town in W Swain County on Hazel Creek. Alt. 1,735. Inc. 1911; the site is now in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Named for William Proctor, who was instrumental in having a post office est. there in 1886. Service discontinued, 1944. |
| Proctor Branch | rises in NW Swain County on Twentymile Ridge and flows SW into Twenty-mile Creek. |
| Proctor Creek | in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, rises in W Swain County and flows S into Hazel Creek. |
| Proctor Ridge | in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, N Swain County between Proctor Creek and Long Cove, lat. 35°33'18" N., long. 83°35'46" W. |