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Lumber Bridgetown in NE Robeson County. Alt. 192. Settled about 1776. Inc. 1891. Named for the wooden bridge across Little Marsh Swamp there.
Lumber Bridge TownshipN Robeson County.
Lumber Riveris formed on the Moore-Richmond county line where Naked Creek enters Drowning Creek. It flows SE along the Moore-Richmond and Hoke-Scotland county lines and for a short distance along the Robeson-Scotland county line. It then flows SE, E, and S across Robeson County to the Columbus-Robeson county line, which it follows into South Carolina. A short distance S of the state line, Lumber River enters Little Pee Dee River. It is approx. 125 mi. long. Sometimes known locally as Lumbee River.
Lumbershed Marsha tidal-marsh island in the W end of Bogue Sound, SE Onslow County, between Dudleys Island and Cedar Point. Named for a lumber shed built there during a lumber-industry boom.
Lumbertoncity and county seat, E central Robeson County on Lumber River. Alt. 137. Inc. 1788. Laid out on Red Bluff Plantation, owned by John Willis. Named for Lumber River. East Lumberton and West Lumberton, which see, formerly inc. municipalities, were made a part of the city of Lumberton in 1953.
LumbertonSee Gatlington.
LumbertonSee Leechville.
Lumberton TownshipE central Robeson County.
Lump MountainN Rutherford County near the head of Chalk Creek.
Lumptowncommunity in central Madison County at the head of Revere Creek.