Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Potato Mountain |
NW Buncombe County between Willow and Sandy Mush Creeks. |
| Potato Patch |
mountain in W Haywood County on the head of a tributary of Hemphill Creek. |
| Potato Top |
See Potato Knob. |
| Potecasi (potty-casey) |
community in E Northampton County. Named for its location near Potecasi Creek, an Indian word meaning "parting of the waters." A post office operated there, 1839-1928. |
| Potecasi Bridge |
See Jackson. |
| Potecasi Creek |
rises in central Northampton County and flows E into Hertford County, where it enters Meherrin River. Appears as Weyanok Creek on the Ogilby map, 1671. The upper portion of Potecasi Creek is marked Catawhisky on the Moseley map, 1733. Appears as Meherrin Creek on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Potoskite |
appears on the Moseley map, 1733, in S Currituck Precinct (now Currituck County), possibly representing an Indian village. |
| Potrock Bald |
a peak in N Clay County near the headwaters of Potrock Branch and Compass Creek. Alt. 5, 200-5, 250. Named for a large rock on top of the mountain that was hollowed out by an Indian medicine man and used to steep his medicinal herbs. |
| Potrock Branch |
rises in N Clay County and flows SW into Fires Creek. |
| Pott Creek |
rises in S Catawba County and flows S into Lincoln County, where it enters South Fork Catawba River. |