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Place Description
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.