| Pettivers Creek | rises in W Carteret County and flows SW approx. 8 mi. into White Oak River. Named for John Pettiver, who owned land in the vicinity as early as 1728. Sometimes also called Pettifords Creek. |
| Petty Gulf Creek | rises in E Anson County and flows S into Blewett Falls Lake. |
| Petty Point | peninsula extending from NE Pamlico County into Bay River. |
| Pettys Shore | community in E Hertford County on Chowan River at the site of an earlier Indian village. A large fishery once was operated there. |
| Pfafftown | community in W Forsyth County. Named for Peter Pfaff, who arrived in the Wachovia settlement in 1771. |
| Pharisee Swamp | rises in SE Sampson County and flows NE into Bulltail Swamp. |
| Pheasant Creek | in the tidal-marsh islands of Bear Banks, SE Onslow County. Named for the pheasants formerly found there. Known also as Nicks Creek for Nick Moore. |
| Phelps Point | See Hertford. |
| Pheney | community in N McDowell County. |
| Phenoy | community in N McDowell County near present site of Little Switzerland, which see. |