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community in E Wake County.

See Lumber River.

across Cashie River in central Bertie County. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. The lumber bridge stood as late as 1833, and there is still a bridge across the river at the site.

N Robeson County.

is formed on the Moore-Richmond county line where Naked Creek enters Drowning Creek. It flows SE along the Moore-Richmond and Hoke-Scotland county lines and for a short distance along the Robeson-Scotland county line. It then flows SE, E, and S across Robeson County to the Columbus-Robeson county line, which it follows into South Carolina. A short distance S of the state line, Lumber River enters Little Pee Dee River. It is approx. 125 mi. long. Sometimes known locally as Lumbee River.

a tidal-marsh island in the W end of Bogue Sound, SE Onslow County, between Dudleys Island and Cedar Point. Named for a lumber shed built there during a lumber-industry boom.

city and county seat, E central Robeson County on Lumber River. Alt. 137. Inc. 1788. Laid out on Red Bluff Plantation, owned by John Willis. Named for Lumber River. East Lumberton and West Lumberton, which see, formerly inc. municipalities, were made a part of the city of Lumberton in 1953.

E central Robeson County.

N Rutherford County near the head of Chalk Creek.

community in central Madison County at the head of Revere Creek.