| Loar Creek | See Little Creek. |
| Lobelia | community in SE Moore County. |
| Loch Lily | lake on Storys Creek, NW Person County. Formed prior to 1928 and known first as Barnetts Pond, later as Lake Chub, and finally by its present name. Covers 94 acres; max. depth 12 ft. |
| Locke Mills | See Forest Hill. |
| Locke Township | central Rowan County. Named for Gen. Matthew Locke (1730-1801), statesman and patriot, who lived there. |
| Locketts Island | a clay loam island approx. 1 mi. long in Roanoke River, W Northampton County. |
| Lockhart Mill | See Hoggard's Mill. |
| Lockport | community in SE Chatham County on Deep River W of Moncure. An earlier post office there was known as Lockville. Site of locks of Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Co.; Progress Energy has a small power plant there that uses the lock canal as a mill race. At Ramsey's Mill there, following the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781, the British general, Lord Cornwallis, built a bridge over Deep River. |
| Locks Creek | rises in E central Cumberland County and flows SW and S into Cape Fear River. See also Lords Creek. |
| Lockville | See Lockport. |