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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.
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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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Leechburg |
See Leachburg. |
| Leechville |
town in E Beaufort County on Pungo River. Inc. 1834 and name changed from Lumberton. Reincorporated 1899, but long inactive in municipal affairs. |
| Leepers Creek |
is formed by the junction of Sawmill and Lippard Creeks in NE Lincoln County. It flows SE into Gaston County, where it joins Killians Creek in forming Dutchmans Creek. Appears as Leapers Creek on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Lees Branch |
rises in W Warren County and flows SE and SW into Shocco Creek. |
| Lees Creek |
rises in SE Beaufort County and flows NW into Pamlico River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Lees Landing |
on Upper Broad Creek in W Pamlico County. |
| Lees Millpond |
E Scotland County on Big Shoeheel Creek. Covers 50 acres; max. depth 18 ft. |
| Lees Mills |
See Roper. |
| Lees Mills Township |
central Washington County, was formed in 1868 but was a voting precinct before that time. |
| Lees Point |
extends from W Carteret County into White Oak River. |
