| Pennys Hill | a large sand hill at the present community of Seagull on Currituck Banks, E Currituck County; has been a landmark locally since the early eighteenth century. |
| Penrose | community in E Transylvania County between Lydia Creek and French Broad River. Alt. 2,087. |
| Pensacola | community in S Yancey County on Cane River. Alt. 2,858. Name derived from an Indian word probably meaning "hair people" (those who wore their hair long). |
| Pensacola Township | S central Yancey County. |
| Penson Knob | S Macon County between Dover Knob and the Georgia state line. |
| Penson Mountain | S Macon County between Middle Creek and Norton Branch. |
| Peoria | community in NW Watauga County on the head of Stone Mountain Branch. |
| Pepper Creek | rises in NE McDowell County and flows S into North Fork [Catawba River] near North Cove. |
| Peppers | community in W Mitchell County on Bee Creek. |
| Perch | community in SE Surry County served by post office, 1894-1904. |