| Lillington Township | central Harnett County. |
| Lillington's Mill Creek | See Lillington Creek. |
| Lilliput | the plantation of Eleazer Allen (1692-1750), councillor, judge, receiver general, and treasurer of North Carolina, was located on the N side of Lilliput Creek in E Brunswick County. Land was granted to Allen in 1725, and he named the plantation for the imaginary country in Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels (1726). Part of the 300-volume library at Lilliput was inherited by a daughter of James Hasell and might have been inc. into the remarkable Hasell library. Lilliput was purchased by Gov. William Tryon as a summer residence, and he still owned the property as late as 1784. Location of Lilliput is shown on the Moseley map, 1733, under the name of "E. Allen"; on the Collet map, 1770, as "Lilliput to the G."; and on the Price map, 1808, as "Lilliput." |
| Lilliput Creek | E Brunswick County, flows E from McKenzie Pond into Cape Fear River. Named for Lilliput, which see, a nearby plantation. Shown as Allen's Creek on the MacRae map, 1833, and on the Colton map, 1861. Appears as Lilliput Creek on the 1865 U.S. Coast Survey map and on the Kerr map, 1882. |
| Lilly | community in NE Camden County. |
| Lily Branch | rises in central Mitchell County and flows SW into North Toe River. |
| Lily Pond Creek | rises in W Northampton County and flows SW to join Gumberry Swamp in forming Wheeler Creek. |
| Lima | community in central Craven County. |
| Lime Rock | community in S Surry County on Yadkin River. Took its name from local lime kiln operated by Martin family. Alt. 820. |
| Limekiln Branch | rises in W central Transylvania County and flows SE into French Broad River. |