rises in S Buncombe County and flows S into Merrill Cove Creek.

S central Buncombe County. A post office named Limestone existed in Buncombe County as early as 1828.

formerly a post office and community in S Vance County approx. 4 mi. S of the town of Henderson. The building used from 1829 until 1839 as a post office is still standing, and the name survives as the name of the local road on which the building stands.

See Lynch Creek.

was formed in 1779, when Tryon County was divided to form Lincoln and Rutherford Counties. Located in the SW section of the state, it is bounded by Mecklenburg, Gaston, Cleveland, Catawba, and Iredell Counties. It was named for Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810), distinguished general of the Revolution. Area: 309 sq. mi. County seat: Lincolnton, with an elevation of 860 ft. Townships are Catawba Springs, Howards Creek, Ironton, Lincolnton, and North Brook. The Schenck-Warlick Mill, the first cotton mill in the South, was built about 1812 approx. 1 mi. W of Lincolnton. Produces corn, wheat, oats, cotton, poultry, dairy products, livestock, hogs, textiles, furniture, auto parts, apples, soybeans, machinery, hosiery, crushed stone, mica, sand, and amethyst.

valley in W Avery County between Teagues Ridge and Powdermill Creek.

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.

central Lincoln County.

community in NW Greene County served by post office, 1898-1907. Formerly Apple-tree, which see.

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.