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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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Place Description
Lookout Knob

NE Catawba County.
Lookout Mountain

central Buncombe County between Woodfin and Asheville.
Lookout Point

the S tip of Cedar Island extending into the waters of Core Sound in NE Carteret County.
Lookout Shoals Lake

on Catawba River, bounded by Iredell and Alexander Counties on the N and Catawba County on the s. Formed by a dam constructed in 1915 by Duke Power Co. Covers 1,270 acres. Source of hydroelectric power; fishing, boating, and camping. See also Island Ford.
Loose Mountain

W Caldwell County.
Loosen Swamp

See Corapeake Swamp.
Loosing Swamp

rises in N central Bertie County and flows NE into Stony Creek. Mentioned in local records as early as 1725.
Lorane

community in NW Rockingham County served by post office, 1898-1904.
Loray

community in W Iredell County. Grew up around Concord Church, est. 1775. Prior to 1903, when it was given its present name by Ora Sharpe, it was known as Fancy Hill post office and Iredell Station on the railroad.
Lords Creek

rises in N central Cumberland County and flows SW between Dunfields Creek and Locks Creek to empty into Cape Fear River E of the town of Fayetteville. The stream appears as both Lords Creek and Locks Creek, which see, on the Kerr map, 1882, but the error is corrected by the McDuffie map, 1884.