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Piedmont Springsformer resort in NW Burke County. Now abandoned.
Piedmont Springscommunity in central Stokes County on Dan River. A popular resort from about 1900 to 1930, when the hotel burned.
Piedmont Triada term used for the Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem area.
Pierce Creekrises in NW Macon County and flows NE into Nantahala River.
Pierce Creekrises in SE Pamlico County and flows SE into Neuse River. Named for Edmond Pierce, who settled there in 1708.
Pierces Crossroadscommunity in N Halifax County. Named for the Pierce family, which settled there in 1812.
PiercevilleSee Pearceville.
Pig Basket Creekrises in NW Nash County and flows SE into Stony Creek. Legend says that an early settler, going home with a basket of newborn pigs, dropped them into the water as he tried to cross the stream while it was swollen after a storm.
Pig Pointextends into S waters of Currituck Sound in S Currituck County.
Pigeon Branchrises in N Transylvania County near Pigeon Gap and flows SE into South Fork Mills River.