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Place	Description
Bear Poplar	community in W Rowan County. Known first as Rocky Mount; present name adopted in 1878, when a post office was est. Name came from the nearby location of a poplar tree in which Capt. Thomas Cowan, Revolutionary hero, treed a bear in the late eighteenth century.
Big Poplar Cree	rises in S Yancey County and flows NE into Sugar Camp Creek.
Hollow Poplar	See Poplar.
Hollow Poplar Creek	rises in NW Mitchell County and flows SW into Nolichucky River.
Poplar	community in W Mitchell County on Nolichucky River. Alt. 1,993. A post office there, 1872-96, was called Hollow Poplar.
Poplar Branch	rises in S Cleveland County and flows SE into Beaverdam Creek.
Poplar Branch	rises in central Guilford County and flows NE into Reedy Fork Creek. Appears on the Collet map, 1770.
Poplar Branch	rises in S Haywood County and flows SE into West Fork Pigeon River.
Poplar Branch	rises in N Johnston County and flows SE into Neuse River. Mentioned in local records as early as 1780.
Poplar Branch	rises in S Jones County and flows NW into Trent River.
Poplar Branch	rises in S Lee County and flows S into Little River.
Poplar Branch	rises in N Rockingham County and flows SW into Matrimony Creek.
Poplar Branch	rises in E central Wilson County and flows S into Whiteoak Swamp.
Poplar Branch	rises in SW Wilson County and flows NE into Black Creek.
Poplar Branch	community on the W shore of Currituck Sound in S Currituck County. Known first as Currituck Narrows. Post office 1829. See also Narrows.
Poplar Branch Bay	S central Currituck County, is formed in Currituck Sound by the mainland, Rattle Snake Island, and Long Point.
Poplar Branch Township	S Currituck County.
Poplar Cove	W Graham County between Horse Cove Ridge and Little Santeetlah Creek.
Poplar Cove	E Haywood County between Turkey Cove and Bill Cove.
Poplar Cove	NW Haywood County between Rough Mountain and Big Branch.

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