Copyright Notice: 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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Lawrence |
town in NE Edgecombe County. Known as Killquick as early as 1837, the name by which it was chartered in 1883. Laid off in an area ½ mi. square from Richard H. Gatlin's "big new store." Name changed to Hickory Hill in 1885 and to Lawrence in 1889. Original Killquick charter repealed in 1893; chartered as Lawrence in 1901, but long in active in municipal affairs. |
| Lawrence Run |
rises in W Pitt County and flows NW into Tyson Creek. |
| Lawrenceville |
former town in W Montgomery County on Pee Dee River. Authorized to be laid out as the county seat, 1815; named Laurenceville, 1816. Post office operated as Lawrenceville from 1818 to 1850. After Stanly County was formed from Montgomery County in 1841, Lawrenceville was no longer in the center of the county and was soon replaced as the county seat by Troy. By 1860 it was no longer being shown on maps of the state. The site is now abandoned. |
| Laws |
community in N Orange and S Person Counties. Formerly known as Laws Store. |
| Laws Store |
See Laws. |
| Lawson Creek |
rises in central Craven County and flows NE into Trent River. |
| Lawson Gant Lot |
bald spot on Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line near lat. 35°32'45" N., long. 83°47'38" W. |
| Lawson Gant Lot Branch |
rises in NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SE into Tub-Mill Creek. |
| Lawsonville |
community in E Rockingham County between Lick Fork and Jones Creeks. Named for Bobbie Lawson, early resident and subject of popular local legend. Lawson's Store post office operated there, 1817-23 and 1830-45. Site of several early tobacco factories and a carriage and wagon factory. |
| Lawyers |
See Alexander's Store. |
