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Lane; creek, a small tributary of West River in Anne Arundel County. 
Lanes; run, a small branch of Licking Creek in Washington County. 
Lang-ford; bay, a creek tributary to Chester River in Kent County. 
Lang-ford; post village in Kent County. 
Lanham; post village in Prince George County. 
Lansdown; post village in Baltimore County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Lantz; post village in Frederick County. 
Lapidum; post village in Harford County. 
Laplata; county seat of Charles County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- 
ington Railroad. 
Largo; post village in Prince George County. 
Lauraville; village in Baltimore County. 
Laurel; run, a small tributary of Buffalo Run in Garrett County. 
Laurel; run, a small tributary of Little Elk Creek in Cecil County. 
Laurel; run, a small tributary of North Branch of Potomac River in Garrett County. 
Laurel; run, a small tributary of Youghiogheny River in Garrett County. 
Laurel; run, rises in Garrett County and flows through Allegany County into 
Georges Creek. 
Laurel; town in Prince George County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Pop- 
ulation, 2,079. 
Laurel Brook; station in Harford County on the Maryland and Pennsylvania Rail- 
road. 
Laurel Grove; post village in St. Mary County. 
Lavender Hill; village in Baltimore County. 
Laws; thoroughfare, a passageway separating Deal Island from the mainland in 
Somerset County. 
Lawsonia; post village in Somerset County. 
Lawyers; cove, a small inlet of Langford Bay in Kent County. 
Layhill; post village in Montgomery County. 
Laytonsville ; town in Montgomery County. Population, 148. 
Lazaretto; point in Baltimore County, projecting into Patapsco River. 
Leadenham; creek, a small tributary of Broad Creek in Talbot County. 
Leading; point in Anne Arundel County, projecting into Patapsco River. A light- 
house is erected thereon. 
Le Compt; bay, a small inlet of Choptank River in Dorchester County. 
Lee; creek, a small tributary of Choptank River in Dorchester County. 
Leeds; creek, a small tributary of Miles River in Talbot County. 
Leeds; post village in Cecil County. 
Leeland; post village in Prince George County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 
Ohio Railroad. 
Lego; point in Harford County, projecting into Bush River. 
Le Gore; post village in Frederick County on the Northern Central Railway. 
Leitch; wharf on Patuxent River in Calvert County. 
Leitchs; post village in Anne Arundel County. 
Lelland; village in Prince George County on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- 
ington Railroad. 
Leon; post village in Anne Arundel County. 
Leonard; smalfpond in Wicomico County drained by Wicomico River. 
Leonardtown; county seat of St. Mary County. Population, 463. 
Leslie; post village in Cecil County on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
Level; post village in Harford County. 
Lewis; knob, a mountain in Garrett County. Height, 2,000 feet. 
Lewis; landing on Nanticoke River in Dorchester County. 
Lewisdale; post village in Montgomery County. 
Lewistown; village in Frederick County. 
