| Point Bacon | appears on the Smith map, 1624, as the N portion of present Currituck Banks in E Currituck County. It was shown as extending S from Cape Henry, Va., to Currituck Inlet. Undoubtedly named for Sir Francis Bacon, whose favor Smith sought to win. |
| Point Caswell | community in W Pender County on Black River. Named for Richard Caswell (1729-89), governor of North Carolina. Settled prior to the Civil War. Inc. in 1883 as Caswell; charter repealed 1901. Formerly a thriving shipping point on the river; now only a church and a few houses remain. |
| Point Corbett | appears on the Smith map, 1624, as the area of NE North Carolina presently included in Camden and Currituck Counties. |
| Point Durant | See Durants Neck. |
| Point Harbor | community at the extreme S tip of Currituck County at Powells Point. Settled prior to 1667. Post office est. in 1906 as Marvin but changed in 1907 to Point Harbor. |
| Point Hezel | appears on the Collet map, 1770, as a point of land in SE New Hanover County between Hewlets and Bradley Creeks on the mainland W of modern Wrightsville Beach. Probably named for James Hasell (d. 1786), chief justice of the colony. |
| Point Lookout | E Haywood County on Glade Mountain. Alt. approx. 4,530. |
| Point Lookout Mountain | E Henderson County, extends NE from the W side of Big Hungry River. William Mills built a crude fort there soon after moving to the area, and it served as a haven for pioneer settlers in time of threat from the Indians. It was there, by tradition, that Polly Stepp, firing through a porthole, struck an Indian and exclaimed: "I've hit the Big Chief, darned if I ain't hit the Big Chief!" Remains of the old foundation logs can still be seen. |
| Point Misery | mountain peak on the Buncombe-Yancey county line at the E end of Big Andy Ridge. Alt. 5,715. |
| Point of Grass | NW point of Cedar Island in NE Carteret County between West Bay and Pamlico Sound. |