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Pollocksvilletown in S Jones County on Trent River. Known as Trent Bridge as early as 1779, and a post office was est. 1809. Inc. 1834 as Pollocksville, but a municipal government was not formed at that time. Reincorporated 1849. The name Pollock appears at the location on the Collet map, 1770, and others into the nineteenth century, when Trent Bridge is shown across the river and Pollocksville at the site of the town. Produces lumber. Alt. 13.
Pollocksville TownshipE Jones County.
Polls GapW Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Balsam Mountain near lat. 35°33'48" N., long. 83°09'42" W. Alt. 5,090. Named after Aunt Polly Moody's family cow, Poll, died, and her bones were left bleaching in the sun for many years.
Polly HollowE Mitchell County parallel to Laurel Branch.
Polly Middleton Gapin central Jackson County between Double Top Mountain and Horneyhead Mountain.
Polly MountainS Jackson County, bordered on the E by Scotsman Creek and on the S by Chattooga River. Alt. approx. 3,150.
Polly Run CreekSee Poley Swamp.
Polycarpcommunity in S Alexander County. Alt. approx. 1,000. Named for Rev. Polycarp Henkle, Lutheran minister in the vicinity in the nineteenth century.
Pomeiockappears on the White-De Bry map, 1590, as an enclosed Indian village in present Hyde County between Lake Mattamuskeet and Wyesocking Bay.
Pomonaformer community in central Guilford County now within Greensboro city limits. Alt. 868. Named for the Italian goddess of the fruit of trees; a nursery was once located there.