Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Lake Wood |
lake approx. 1 mi. long on Cross Creek, NW Cumberland County. Covers approx. 20 acres; max. depth 20 ft. Fishing and swimming. |
| Lake Worth |
small community on the mainland of Dare County on the W shore of Stumpy Point Bay. |
| Lake Wylie |
on the Catawba River in Gaston and Mecklenburg Counties, is formed by a dam constructed in South Carolina, 1924-26. Most of the lake, which covers 12,455 acres with a shoreline of 325 mi., is in South Carolina. Known as Catawba Lake until 1960, when it was renamed Lake Wylie for Dr. Walker Gill Wylie (1848-1923), friend and associate of James B. Duke. Site of Duke Power hydroelectric plant. |
| Lakefield |
community in E Hoke County. |
| Lakers Creek |
See Raccoon Creek. |
| Lakes Pocosin |
a mucky slough in the SW corner of Craven County and extending into NW Carteret and E Jones Counties. Ellis Lake, Great Lake, Little Lake, and Long Lake in Craven County, and Catfish Lake in Jones and Craven Counties, are located in the pocosin. |
| Lakeview |
community in E Moore County on Crystal Lake. Alt. 300. |
| Lakewood |
See Tuxedo. |
| Lakey Creek |
rises in N Macon County and flows SW into Little Tennessee River. |
| Lakey Gap |
SE Buncombe County in Blue Ridge Mountains. Alt. 3,028. |