| Providence | community in central Granville County. A former post office there, 1890-1922, was known as Hargrove. Alt. 431. |
| Providence | community in S McDowell County on the head of Nicks Creek. |
| Providence | community in S Mecklenburg County, grew up around Providence Presbyterian Church, organized in 1767. |
| Providence Inlet | See Caffey's Inlet. |
| Providence Township | former township in S Mecklenburg County, now township no. 5. |
| Providence Township | NE Pasquotank County. |
| Providence Township | NE Randolph County. |
| Providence Township | SE Rowan County. Named, according to tradition, because an act of God (Providence) enabled Gen. Nathanael Greene to cross Yadkin River in 1781 to escape Cornwallis. See Trading Ford. |
| Proximity | formerly a cotton-mill community in central Guilford County, now a part of Greensboro. Camp for Overseas Replacement Depot located there during World War II. |
| Pruitts Fork Creek | rises in E Rockingham County and flows E into Lower Hogan's Creek. Later known as Jones Creek, which see. |