| Perfection | community in W Craven County. |
| Perkins Branch | rises in central Watauga County and flows S into Hardin Creek. |
| Perkinsville | community in N Burke County on John's River. |
| Perkinsville | town authorized in 1819 to be laid off on the land of Constantine Perkins "on the main Hallow road" in the vicinity of modern Mount Airy, NE Surry County. There is no evidence that any building activity took place before 1848, after which the town of Mount Airy began to develop. |
| Perkinsville | community in central Watauga County on Perkins Branch and Hardin Creek. |
| Permetter Creek | rises in N central Anson County and flows S into Brown Creek. Named for the Permenter family, early settlers. |
| Permudas Island | approx. 1½ mi. long, in S Onslow County in Stump Sound. |
| Pernell | community in N Wake County served by post office, 1885-1904. |
| Perquimans County | was formed by 1679 as Berkeley Precinct in Albemarle County. Located in the NE section of the state, it is bounded by Albemarle Sound and by Chowan, Gates, and Pasquotank Counties. It was named for Indians in the vicinity. The legislature met there, 1707-16. Area: 324 sq. mi. (261, land; 63, water). County seat: Hertford, with an elevation of 15 ft. Townships are Belvidere, Bethel, Hertford, New Hope, and Parkville. Produces corn, soybeans, peanuts, cotton, hogs, livestock, apparel, sorghum, truck bodies, and sand. |
| Perquimans River | rises in the Dismal Swamp in N Perquimans County and flows SE into Albemarle Sound. Appears as Pequaimings River on the Comberford map, 1657; as Wiquemans on the Ogilby map, 1671; and as Paquinous on the Hack map, 1684. |