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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.

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Place Description
Lucia

community in NE Gaston County. Oak Grove, home of James Johnston, officer in the Revolutionary War and member of the Provincial Congress, the N.C. legislature, and the Convention of 1788, is 2 mi. e. The house, built in 1782, still stands.
Lucile

community in E Wilkes County served by post office, 1887-1905.
Luck

community in SW Madison County on Spring Creek.
Lucknow

See Dunn.
Lucks Island

appears on the Comberford map, 1657, as the present Currituck Banks, E Currituck County. It was mentioned as the N limits of Carolina in the charter granted in 1663 to the 8 Lords Proprietors. See also Currituck Banks; Croatamung.
Lucy Branch

rises in S Lenoir County and flows NE into Spring Branch.
Luftee Gap

N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains on Thomas Ridge, lat. 35°36'30" N., long. 83°26'23" W. Alt. approx. 5,200.
Luftee Knob

on Haywood-Swain county line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near lat. 35°41'34" N., long. 83°10'30" W., between Balsam Corner and Mount Sterling Ridge. Alt. 6,216.
Lukens

former community in N Carteret County. Abandoned following a severe storm in 1933. Church, houses, and school moved across South River to the communities of South River and Merrimon. Named for the Lukens family.
Lul

community in E Wake County.