Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Poplar Swamp |
See Poplar Creek. |
| Poplar Tent Township |
former township in W Cabarrus County, now township no. 2. |
| Poplar Township |
NW Mitchell County. |
| Poppaw Creek |
rises in SW Alamance County and flows N into Stinking Quarter Creek. |
| Populi |
community in NW Bladen County served by post office, 1892-1929. |
| Poquoson Point |
S Camden County in the mouth of Pasquotank River. Also sometimes called Camden Point. Name derived from an Algonquian word pequessen, meaning a swamp or a dismal. |
| Porcelain |
See Linville. |
| Pores Knob |
S Wilkes County, the highest peak in the Brushy Mountains. Alt. 2,680. Named for Moses Poore, an eighteenth-century resident. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Mt. Night. See also Brushy Mountains. |
| Pork Creek |
See Fork Creek. |
| Porpoise Point |
NE Pamlico County on the E side of Goose Creek Island between Big Porpoise Bay and Little Porpoise Bay. |