| Liles Creek | See Lyle Creek. |
| Lilesville | town in E Anson County. Inc. 1874. A post office as early as 1827. Named for Nelson P. Liles, local merchant. Alt. 474. |
| Lilesville Township | E Anson County. |
| Lilleys Millpond | See Greens Millpond. |
| Lillian | community in N Wake County. |
| Lillie | See Lizzie. |
| Lillington | town and county seat on Cape Fear River, central Harnett County. Inc. 1859; the name was changed from Long Creek Village to Lillington in honor of the Revolutionary War patriot Alexander Lillington (1725-86). Alt. 325. Produces apparel. See also Summerville. |
| Lillington | See Long Creek. |
| Lillington County | was authorized to be est. in 1859 from a portion of New Hanover County, provided that two-thirds of the qualified voters of Rocky Point Precinct approved. The act was not approved, but Pender County, which see, was later est. in approx. the same area. |
| Lillington Creek | rises in E Pender County and flows SW into Northeast Cape Fear River. Named for Gen. Alexander Lillington (1725-86), whose plantation was nearby. Appears as Island Creek on the Collet map, 1770; as Maxwell Creek on the Price map, 1808; and as Lillington's Mill Creek on the MacRae map, 1833. |