| Laboratory | community in S central Lincoln County. Named for Confederate drug manufactory operated under the direction of Dr. A. S. Piggott. A part of the original laboratory still stands. |
| Lacey | community in E Rockingham County. |
| Lackey | community in E Alexander County. |
| Lackey Mountain | E Alexander County. Alt. 1,430. |
| Lacky Crossroads | community in central Cleveland County E of Lawndale. |
| Lacrosse | community in SE Guilford County served by post office, 1891-1904. |
| Lacys Creek | rises in NW Chatham County and flows NE into Rocky River. |
| Ladd Branch | rises in central Cherokee County and flows W into Parsons Branch. |
| Ladonia | community in NW Surry County on Fisher River. |
| Lagoon, The | S Buncombe County, is separated from the French Broad River by a narrow strip of land S of city of Asheville near the Biltmore Estate. |