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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.

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--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell

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Place Description
Longwood

community in SW Brunswick County.
Longwood Park

community on the outskirts of Hamlet, S Richmond County. Known also as Northeast Hamlet.
Lonnie-Womble Creek

rises in N Lee County and flows SE into Cape Fear River.
Lookadoo Mountain

N Rutherford County between Carson Mountain and the head of Duncans Creek.
Looking Glass Creek

rises in N Transylvania County E of Bennett Gap on the Haywood-Transylvania county line and flows S into Davidson River. Located in Pisgah National Forest.
Looking Glass Falls

N Transylvania County on Looking Glass Creek about ½ mi. upstream from its mouth on Davidson River. The falls are 85 ft. high. Located in Pisgah National Forest.
Looking Glass Rock

N Transylvania County on the SE end of Seniard Ridge in Pisgah National Forest. Named because the huge rock face of the mountain glistens like a giant mirror.
Lookoff Gap

SE Buncombe County near Flat Top in the Swannanoa Mountains.
Lookout Bight

a bay in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the S end of Shackleford and Core Banks in SE Carteret County in connection with a stone breakwater started before World War I but never completed.
Lookout Bight Channel

See Barden Inlet.