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Place Description
Laughlins Creek

rises in S Caswell County and flows SE into Alamance County, where it enters Buttermilk Creek.

Laughter Cove

SE Buncombe County between Spring and Garren Mountains. Named for a family of notorious moonshiners who lived in the cove in the first half of the twentieth century.

Laughton Point

extends from the mainland of central Carteret County into Newport River.

Launch, The

a narrow inlet between Tull Bay and the mouth of North Landing River in NE Currituck County. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. Site of shipbuilding operations from colonial times until the present, hence the name.

Laurel

community in N Franklin County.

Laurel Bottoms

valley in SE Avery County along the Linville River N of the town of Linville.

Laurel Branch

rises in NE Cherokee County on Brushy Head Mountain and flows NW into Burnt Branch.

Laurel Brook

rises in N Transylvania County and flows SE into South Fork Mills River.

Laurel Creek

rises in SE Durham County and flows NE into Lick Creek.

Laurel Creek Falls

in W Watauga County on Laurel Creek just before its confluence with Watauga River.