| Proffitt | community in SW Wilkes County served by post office, 1898-1906. |
| Progress | community in NW Randolph County. Formerly known as Fraziers for a local storekeeper. |
| Promontorium tremendum | See Cape Fear. |
| Prong | community in N Columbus County served by post office, 1889-1903. |
| Prophet Branch | rises in NW Haywood County and flows SE into Big Branch. Named for a prominent mountain family in the area. |
| Propst | community in SW Catawba County served by post office, 1899-1905. |
| Propst's Knob | SW Burke County. Alt. 3,022. |
| Prospect | community in W central Caswell County. |
| Prospect | community in NW Robeson County. |
| Prospect Hill | community in SE Caswell County. Named for the former Warren family plantation and its elevated view. A post office was est. there, 1823. |