| Pope Air Force Base | NW Cumberland County, was est. during World War I and named in honor of Lt. Harley Halbert Pope, who died in a postwar aircraft accident on the Cape Fear River near Fayetteville, January 7, 1919. |
| Pope Branch | rises in W Halifax County and flows S into Fishing Creek. |
| Popecastle Inn | See Pop Castle. |
| Popes Pond | slightly less than ½ mi. long, on Black River, SE Harnett County. |
| Poplar | community in W Mitchell County on Nolichucky River. Alt. 1,993. A post office there, 1872-96, was called Hollow Poplar. |
| Poplar Branch | rises in S Cleveland County and flows SE into Beaverdam Creek. |
| Poplar Branch | rises in central Guilford County and flows NE into Reedy Fork Creek. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Poplar Branch | rises in S Haywood County and flows SE into West Fork Pigeon River. |
| Poplar Branch | rises in N Johnston County and flows SE into Neuse River. Mentioned in local records as early as 1780. |
| Poplar Branch | rises in S Jones County and flows NW into Trent River. |