| Lincolnton | town and county seat, central Lincoln County. Est. 1785. Name honors Gen. Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810), Revolutionary War leader. The Battle of Ramsour's Mill, a Whig victory over the Tories, was fought on June 20, 1780, at a site on the N outskirts of Lincolnton. Produces textiles, furniture, machinery, and hosiery. Alt. 860. |
| Lincolnton Township | central Lincoln County. |
| Lindell | community in NW Greene County served by post office, 1898-1907. Formerly Apple-tree, which see. |
| Linden | town in N Cumberland County. Settled about 1800. Inc. 1913 and named for a grove of linden trees nearby. Known as Little River Academy prior to 1910. Alt. 150. See also Choffington. |
| Linden Mountain | W Randolph County on Jackson Creek. |
| Lindhurst | community in central Chatham County served by post office, 1895-1916. |
| Lindley's Mill | on Cane Creek in S central Alamance County, a short distance W of Sutphin. The site of a battle on September 13, 1781, in which John Butler's Whigs failed to rescue Governor Thomas Burke from David Fanning's Tories. The first gristmill there was erected in 1756 by Thomas Lindley. |
| Lindsay | community in SE Orange County served by post office, 1888-1905. |
| Lindsay C. Warren Bridge | See East Lake Landing; Sandy Point. |
| Lindscomb Branch | rises in NW Brunswick County and flows W into Columbus County, where it enters Livingston Creek. Sometimes known locally as Linksom Branch and believed to have been named originally Lynchum Branch. |