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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
Leathermans Fork

rises in W Mitchell County and flows SW into Right Fork [Pigeon-roost Creek].
Leatherwood Branch

rises in W Clay County and flows SE into Fires Creek.
Leatherwood Cove

central Haywood County just N of Lake Junaluska.
Leatherwood Mountain

NE Cherokee County S of Andrews.
Leatherwood Top

in W Haywood County between Walker Bald and Tritt Knob. Alt. 5,000-5,020.
Leaventhorps View

See Shumont Mountain.
Lebanon Township

central Durham County.
Ledbetter

community in central Richmond County. Named for the family that est. a mill on Hitchcock Creek there about 1895.
Ledbetter Branch

rises in NE Macon County on the slope of Tellico Ridge and flows N into Swain County, where it enters Little Tennessee River.
Ledbetter Creek

rises in SW Swain County on Cheoah Bald in Nantahala National Forest and flows S into Nantahala River.