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This content is from the North Carolina Gazetteer, edited by William S. Powell and Michael Hill. Copyright © 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and not for further distribution. Please submit permission requests for other use directly to the publisher.
Some place names included in The North Carolina Gazetteer contain terms that are considered offensive.
"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.
Each entry is located according to the county in which it is found. I have not felt obliged to keep entries uniform. The altitude of a place, the date of incorporation of a city or town, may appear in the beginning of one entry and at the end of another. Some entries may appear more complete than others. I have included whatever information I could find. If there is no comment on the origin or meaning of a name, it is because the information was not available. In some cases, however, resort to an unabridged dictionary may suggest the meaning of many names."
--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Langford Branch |
rises in W Yancey County and flows NW into Cane River. |
| Langs Mill Run |
rises in E Wilson and S Edgecombe Counties and flows SE into Pitt County, where it enters Black Swamp. |
| Langston |
community in E central Wayne County E of Stony Creek. Named for Langston family, which received land grants in the area as early as 1758. |
| Lanier |
community in W Onslow County served by post office, 1884-1905. |
| Lanier Crossroads |
community in SE Duplin County. |
| Lanier Swamp |
rises in E Martin County and flows NW into Gardners Creek. |
| Laniers Creek |
rises in W Randolph County and flows E into Uwharrie River. |
| Lankford Mountain |
N Buncombe County W of Bill Cole Mountain. |
| Lanning Branch |
rises near Lanning Ridge in NW Transylvania County and flows SW into Right Fork Davidson River. |
| Lanning Ridge |
NW Transylvania County, extends S from Seniard Mountain. |
