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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 |
|---|---|
| Lickskillet |
community in S Macon County between the head of Tessentee Creek and Piney Knob Fork. Named by hunters who left unwashed cooking pans in camp and returned to find that they had been licked by dogs or other animals. |
| Lickskillet Branch |
rises in W Yancey County and flows SE into Bald Creek. |
| Lickstone Bald |
on Lickstone Ridge in S Haywood County. Alt. 5,700. Named for the fact that salt for cattle was put on a large smooth rock. |
| Lickstone Mountain |
on the Jackson-Haywood county line. Alt. 5,576. |
| Lickstone Ridge |
extends NE from Soco Creek in N Jackson County to Wolfpen Mountain in S Haywood County. |
| Liddell |
community in W Lenoir County. |
| Light |
community in E Davidson County. |
| Light Gap |
NE Buncombe County near Big Andy Ridge. |
| Light Ground Pocosin |
a muck-filled area covering approx. 4 by 5 mi., W central Pamlico County. |
| Lighthouse Creek |
See Baldhead Creek. |
