| Pyatt Creek | rises in SW Avery County and flows E into North Toe River. |
| Pyatte | community in central Avery County. |
| P[ort] Box | appears on the Smith map, 1624, in Pamlico Sound, but the feature for which this name is intended is uncertain. |
| P[ort] Vaughn | appears on the Smith map, 1624, in Pamlico Sound, but the feature for which this name is intended is uncertain. |
| Quail Roost | community in N Durham County. Named for a former hunting club there acquired in 1925 by George Watts Hill of Durham, who turned it into a dairy farm. In 1963 the farm was given to the state of North Carolina by Hill. The large house is used as a conference center by the University of North Carolina; North Carolina State University makes use of the surrounding land, designated as Hill Forest. |
| Quaker | community in S Stokes County served by post office, 1876-1903. Also known as Quaker Gap. |
| Quaker Creek | rises in NE Alamance County and flows S into Quaker Scrub Creek. |
| Quaker Gap | See Quaker. |
| Quaker Gap Township | W central Stokes County. |
| Quaker Meadows | a grassy region in W central Burke County 1 mi. NW of Morganton, lying between Canoe and Upper Creeks. Settled as early as 1752; appears on the Collet map, 1770. A frontier rendezvous, it was the home of Joseph and Charles McDowell, officers at the Battle of Kings Mountain (1780) and later public leaders. Zebulon B. Vance and his first wife, Harriet Espy, were married there. |