Gazetteer

community in central Mitchell County on Snow Creek. Said to have been named by the Post Office Department because of a report submitted in a ledger by a local resident named Phillips. His record of mail sent and received in the community through another post office resulted in the establishment of a post office there. The "Good Will" Free Library, opened in Ledger in 1886 through the efforts of Charles Hallet Wing, is said to have been the first free public library in the state and the third county library in the United States. See also Wing.

rises in W Macon County and flows SW into Nantahala Lake.

was formed in 1907 from Moore and Chatham Counties. Located in the central section of the state, it is bounded by Harnett, Moore, and Chatham Counties. It was named for Gen. Robert E. Lee (1807-70). Area: 256 sq. mi. County seat: Sanford, with an elevation of 375 ft. Townships, now numbered 1 to 7, were formerly Greenwood, Jonesboro, Cape Fear, Deep River, East Sanford, West Sanford, and Pocket. Produces tobacco, corn, wheat, oats, strawberries, dairy products, hogs, bricks, lumber, textiles, heavy equipment, electronics, sheet metal, apparel, industrial machinery, furniture, sand, and gravel.

rises in central Buncombe County near Spivey Mountain and flows NE into French Broad River.

E Haywood County, extends NE between Bald Creek and Liner Creek.

rises in SW Wilson County and flows SE in an arc into Black Creek. Named for local family.

See Leachburg.

town in E Beaufort County on Pungo River. Inc. 1834 and name changed from Lumberton. Reincorporated 1899, but long inactive in municipal affairs.

is formed by the junction of Sawmill and Lippard Creeks in NE Lincoln County. It flows SE into Gaston County, where it joins Killians Creek in forming Dutchmans Creek. Appears as Leapers Creek on the Collet map, 1770.

rises in W Warren County and flows SE and SW into Shocco Creek.