| Laughlins Creek | rises in S Caswell County and flows SE into Alamance County, where it enters Buttermilk Creek. |
| Laughter Cove | SE Buncombe County between Spring and Garren Mountains. Named for a family of notorious moonshiners who lived in the cove in the first half of the twentieth century. |
| Laughton Point | extends from the mainland of central Carteret County into Newport River. |
| Launch, The | a narrow inlet between Tull Bay and the mouth of North Landing River in NE Currituck County. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. Site of shipbuilding operations from colonial times until the present, hence the name. |
| Laurel | community in N Franklin County. |
| Laurel | community in N Madison County on Big Laurel Creek. |
| Laurel Bottoms | valley in SE Avery County along the Linville River N of the town of Linville. |
| Laurel Branch | rises in SE Alleghany County and flows SW then NE into Brush Creek. |
| Laurel Branch | rises in W Avery County and flows SW into Roaring Creek. |
| Laurel Branch | rises in NE Buncombe County in the Great Craggy Mountains and flows SE into North Fork [Swannanoa River]. |