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| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Poors Knots | community in S Wilkes County served by post office, 1888-1916. |
| Pop Castle | W Vance County approx. 1 mi. W of the town of Kittrell. Popecastle Inn was est. there approx. 1734, and local usage changed the name to Pop Castle. Racetrack, cockpit, and tavern were adjuncts of the inn; use of the racetrack began during the Revolution, and the main building of the inn was dismantled after the Civil War. |
| Pope | community in central Robeson County. |
| Pope Air Force Base | NW Cumberland County, was est. during World War I and named in honor of Lt. Harley Halbert Pope, who died in a postwar aircraft accident on the Cape Fear River near Fayetteville, January 7, 1919. |
| Pope Branch | rises in W Halifax County and flows S into Fishing Creek. |
| Popecastle Inn | See Pop Castle. |
| Popes Pond | slightly less than ½ mi. long, on Black River, SE Harnett County. |
| 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. |