Gazetteer
Place | Description |
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Pierce Creek |
rises in NW Macon County and flows NE into Nantahala River. |
Pierces Crossroads |
community in N Halifax County. Named for the Pierce family, which settled there in 1812. |
Pierceville |
See Pearceville. |
Pig Basket Creek |
rises 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 Point |
extends into S waters of Currituck Sound in S Currituck County. |
Pigeon Branch |
rises in N Transylvania County near Pigeon Gap and flows SE into South Fork Mills River. |
Pigeon Creek |
rises in NE Swain County and flows NW into Raven Fork. |
Pigeon Flats Bay |
a sand-filled bay in S Sampson County. See also Carolina Bays. |
Pigeon Gap |
S Haywood County on the head of Bird Creek. |
Pigeon House Branch |
rises in central Wake County within the city limits of Raleigh. It rises in what is now Cameron Village and flows E into Crabtree Creek. |