Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Port Fernando |
See Hatorask Inlet. |
| Port Grenvil |
appears on the White map, 1590, as an inlet through Ocracoke Island a short distance N of the community of Ocracoke, SE Hyde County. Named for Sir Richard Grenville. Appears as "Greenevills Rode" on the Smith map, 1624. There is some doubt that such an inlet actually existed, though it may have been at what is now known as Nigh Inlet, which see. |
| Port Landing |
See Fort Landing. |
| Port Lane |
an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean into Roanoke Sound through Bodie Island opposite the SE shore of Roanoke Island, E Dare County. Opened prior to 1585 and closed prior to 1657. |
| Porter |
community in SE Stanly County. Named for an official of the railroad. |
| Porter Cove |
central Buncombe County near Azalea. |
| Porter Creek |
rises in SE Beaufort County and flows N into Durham Creek. |
| Porter Swamp |
rises in W Columbus County and flows NW and SW into Lumber River. |
| Porterfield Gap |
on the Cherokee-Graham county line. Alt. 3,462. |
| Porters Gap |
in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line, lat. 35°38'55" N., long. 83°21'28" W. Alt. approx. 5,500. |