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Liberty TownshipSE Yadkin County.
Lick Creekrises in SW Anson County and flows N into Brown Creek.
Lick Creekrises in N Chatham County and flows N across the county line into Alamance County for a short distance before turning S again into Chatham County, where it enters Terrell Creek.
Lick Creekrises in E Davidson County and flows SW into Yadkin River.
Lick Creekrises S Durham County and flows NE into Neuse River. Once known as Great Lick Creek.
Lick Creekrises in N Forsyth County and flows NE into S Stokes County, where it enters Town Fork Creek. Probably named for a salt lick frequented by deer; the name appears in records as early as 1755.
Lick Creekrises in central Lee County and flows NE into Cape Fear River.
Lick Creekrises in E Montgomery County and flows NE into Cotton Creek.
Lick Creekrises in NE Orange County and flows NE into Person County, where it enters Byrds Creek.
Lick Forkrises in N Forsyth County and flows SW into Mill Creek. Appears as Jones Creek on the Collet map, 1770; not named on subsequent maps until it appears as Little Lick Fork on MacRae map, 1833.