| Lawson Creek | rises in central Craven County and flows NE into Trent River. |
| Lawson Gant Lot | bald spot on Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line near lat. 35°32'45" N., long. 83°47'38" W. |
| Lawson Gant Lot Branch | rises in NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SE into Tub-Mill Creek. |
| Lawsonville | community in E Rockingham County between Lick Fork and Jones Creeks. Named for Bobbie Lawson, early resident and subject of popular local legend. Lawson's Store post office operated there, 1817-23 and 1830-45. Site of several early tobacco factories and a carriage and wagon factory. |
| Lawsonville | community in N Stokes County. Alt. 1,179. |
| Lawyers | See Alexander's Store. |
| Lawyers Springs | W Anson County on a tributary of Brown Creek. So named because lawyers on the way to court used to stop there. Local tradition says a party of lawyers, spending the night there, froze to death on a snowy winter night. |
| Laxon | community in E Watauga County. |
| Laxon Creek | rises in E Watauga County and flows NW into South Fork New River. |
| Layn Flu | See Alligator River. |