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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

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Place Description
Lisenbee Branch

rises in N Madison County and flows S into Spillcorn Creek.

Lisenbee Ridge

central Madison County, extends SW approx. 1½ mi. between Heck Creek and Bee Branch.

Lisenberry Mountain

NE Rutherford County between First Broad River and Duncans Creek. It is said that carpetbaggers lived in a cave there during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War.

Lisha

See Elisha Creek.

Lisk

community in SE Rowan County served by post office, 1890-1906.

Lissa

community in central Sampson County served by post office, 1894-1902.

Listen Knob

peak in central Caldwell County about 5 mi. NE of Lenoir. Named for the fact that foxhunters built fires on the top as they listened to their dogs running foxes.

Listers Corner

community in S Pasquotank County.

Litaker Township

S Rowan County.

Lithia Springs

community in central Lincoln County that was a popular nineteenth-century resort. Gen. Robert F. Hoke (1837-1912) owned the springs and marketed bottled water from them.