| Left Prong Bent Creek | rises in N Yancey County and flows SE to join Right Prong Bent Creek in forming Bent Creek. |
| Left Prong South Toe River | has its origin at Pinnacle Spring, S Yancey County, and flows E to join Right Prong South Toe River in forming South Toe River. |
| Left Prong Three Forks Creek | rises in SE Yancey County and flows SW to join Right Prong in forming Three Forks Creek. |
| Left Prong [Bridge Creek] | rises in N central Swain County and flows NE into Bridge Creek. |
| Legal | community in central Harnett County served by post office, 1894-1908. |
| Legerwood | community in N central Caldwell County. Named for Samuel Legerwood Patterson (1850-1908), onetime state commissioner of agriculture, who donated his plantation, "Palmyra," for a farm school for boys there. |
| Leggett | town in N Edgecombe County inc. 1895 and reincorporated 1925 but not now active in municipal affairs. Post office name was Leggettsville, 1886-1913. |
| Leggetts Crossroads | community in NW Beaufort County. |
| Leggettsville | See Leggett. |
| Legion Beach | a recreation and picnic area on Albemarle Sound in N Tyrrell County 3 mi. E of Columbia. Owned by local American Legion Post. Boating, bathing, and fishing. |