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Place Description
Laws Store

See Laws.
Lawson Creek

rises in central Craven County and flows NE into Trent River.
Lawson Gant Lot

bald spot on Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line near lat. 35°32'45" N., long. 83°47'38" W.
Lawson Gant Lot Branch

rises in NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SE into Tub-Mill Creek.
Lawsonville

community in E Rockingham County between Lick Fork and Jones Creeks. Named for Bobbie Lawson, early resident and subject of popular local legend. Lawson's Store post office operated there, 1817-23 and 1830-45. Site of several early tobacco factories and a carriage and wagon factory.
Lawyers

See Alexander's Store.
Lawyers Springs

W Anson County on a tributary of Brown Creek. So named because lawyers on the way to court used to stop there. Local tradition says a party of lawyers, spending the night there, froze to death on a snowy winter night.
Laxon

community in E Watauga County.
Laxon Creek

rises in E Watauga County and flows NW into South Fork New River.
Layn Flu

See Alligator River.