| Plummers Creek | rises in E Davidson County and flows NE into Randolph County, where it enters Little Uwharrie River. |
| Plumtree | community on North Toe River, SW Avery County. Named for Plumtree Creek, which enters North Toe River nearby. Alt. 2,830. Mica has been mined there since 1891. |
| Plumtree Creek | rises in central Avery County and flows S and W into North Toe River. Named for plum orchards set there by Avery and Connelly families. |
| Plyler | community in W Stanly County. |
| Plymouth | town and county seat, W Washington County on Roanoke River. Settled by 1727. Inc. 1807; named for Plymouth, Mass. Important as a shipping center and as a producer of lumber products, veneer, plywood; also the location of a paper mill and a center of grain mills. Alt. 21. Battle of Plymouth fought there, 1863. |
| Plymouth Township | W Washington County, was formed in 1868; was a voting precinct before that date. |
| Pocahontas | community in SW Swain County on Nantahala River. |
| Pochike River | See Meherrin River. |
| Pocket Creek | rises in W Lee County and flows N into Deep River. |
| Pocket Township | former township in W Lee County (formerly Moore County), now township no. 7. A post office named The Pocket was est. there 1828 and continued to 1905. Named for the fact that it was isolated from the remainder of the county by a bend in Deep River, hence a "pocket." |