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Place Description
Lipe

community in SW Rowan County served by post office, 1886-1902.

Lippard Creek

rises in S Catawba County and flows SW into Lincoln County, where it joins Sawmill Creek in forming Leepers Creek.

Lisbon

community in S central Bladen County, was the plantation of Col. John Slingsby, Tory commander at the Battle of Elizabethtown, at which he was fatally wounded.

Lisbon Township

S central Sampson County.

Lisburn

See Lisbon.

Lisenbee Branch

rises in N Madison County and flows S into Spillcorn Creek.

Lisenbee Ridge

central Madison County, extends SW approx. 1½ mi. between Heck Creek and Bee Branch.

Lisenberry Mountain

NE Rutherford County between First Broad River and Duncans Creek. It is said that carpetbaggers lived in a cave there during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War.

Lisha

See Elisha Creek.

Lisk

community in SE Rowan County served by post office, 1890-1906.