| Lydia | community in W Sampson County served by post office, 1891-1907. |
| Lydia Creek | rises in E Transylvania County and flows SE into French Broad River. |
| Lydie Mountain | N Buncombe County in the Elk Mountains. |
| Lyle Creek | rises in N Catawba County and flows SE into Catawba River. Appears on Collet map, 1770, as Liles Creek. |
| Lyle Knob | E Macon County between Mason Mountain and the head of Thompson Branch. Alt. approx. 3,600. |
| Lyman | community in SE Duplin County. |
| Lynch | community in SW Madison County. |
| Lynch Cove | SE Buncombe County E of Sheep Ridge. |
| Lynch Creek | rises in N Orange County and flows N into Caswell County, where it enters North Hyco Creek. |
| Lynch Creek | rises in S Vance County and flows S into Franklin County, where it enters Tar River. Appears as Linches Creek on the Collet map, 1770. Said to have been named for a Major Lynch, who was sent to Bute County (now Franklin and Warren Counties) by Governor Tryon in 1768 to collect taxes but was hanged by a mob of Regulators on the bank of the stream. |