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Place Description
Pennys Hill

a large sand hill at the present community of Seagull on Currituck Banks, E Currituck County; has been a landmark locally since the early eighteenth century.

Penrose

community in E Transylvania County between Lydia Creek and French Broad River. Alt. 2,087.

Pensacola

community in S Yancey County on Cane River. Alt. 2,858. Name derived from an Indian word probably meaning "hair people" (those who wore their hair long).

Pensacola Township

S central Yancey County.

Penson Knob

S Macon County between Dover Knob and the Georgia state line.

Penson Mountain

S Macon County between Middle Creek and Norton Branch.

Peoria

community in NW Watauga County on the head of Stone Mountain Branch.

Pepper Creek

rises in NE McDowell County and flows S into North Fork [Catawba River] near North Cove.

Peppers

community in W Mitchell County on Bee Creek.

Perch

community in SE Surry County served by post office, 1894-1904.