| Providence Inlet | See Caffey's Inlet. |
| Providence Township | former township in S Mecklenburg County, now township no. 5. |
| Providence Township | NE Pasquotank County. |
| Providence Township | NE Randolph County. |
| Providence Township | SE Rowan County. Named, according to tradition, because an act of God (Providence) enabled Gen. Nathanael Greene to cross Yadkin River in 1781 to escape Cornwallis. See Trading Ford. |
| Proximity | formerly a cotton-mill community in central Guilford County, now a part of Greensboro. Camp for Overseas Replacement Depot located there during World War II. |
| Pruitts Fork Creek | rises in E Rockingham County and flows E into Lower Hogan's Creek. Later known as Jones Creek, which see. |
| Public Creek | rises in the highlands of Indian Island, SE Camden County, and flows E into North River. |
| Puella | former community in central Transylvania County near confluence of Davidson and French Broad Rivers. Earlier known as Deavers and today known as Pisgah Forest. |
| Puett Cove | NE Cherokee County in the Valley River Mountains. |