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Puncheon Branchrises in NE Cherokee County and flows NW into Valley River. Fortified Indian villages were protected by "wooden puncheons," high stakes driven into the ground, and this may be the source of the name.
Puncheon Camp Branchrises in W Madison County and flows NW into Spring Creek.
Puncheon Camp Creekrises in E Henderson County and flows NE into Clear Creek.
Puncheon Creekrises in SE Transylvania County near Standingstone Mountain and flows NW into Reasonover Creek.
Puncheon Fork Creekrises in E Madison County and flows SW into Big Laurel Creek.
Pungocommunity in NE Beaufort County on Indian Run near its junction with Pungo River. Alt. approx. 5.
Pungo Creekrises in Great Swamp, N central Beaufort County, and flows SE into Pungo River. Appears as Machapunga Creek on the Moseley map, 1733.
Pungo Lakenatural lake in S Washington and NW Hyde Counties in East Dismal Swamp. Inaccessible except through private property; not open to the public. Owned by Roper Lumber Company. Covers 2,700 acres, with a max. depth of 5 ft. Name is shortened from name for the Machapunga Indians.
Pungo Riverrises in East Dismal Swamp, Washington County, and flows generally se, forming the Beaufort-Hyde county line into Pamlico River near its mouth. Appears as Machapounga River on the Comberford map, 1657, and as Machaponga on the Moseley map, 1733, and other maps until 1807, when it appears, apparently for the first time, as Pungo River on the William Tatham map. Named for the Machapunga Indians, whose name is said to have meant "bad dust" or "much dust."
Punkin CreekSee Pumpkin Creek.