NC Gazetteer

Lumberton

A city in Robeson County
… city and county seat, E central Robeson County on Lumber River. Alt. 137. Inc. 1788. Laid out on Red Bluff Plantation, owned by John Willis. Named for Lumber River. East Lumberton and West Lumberton, which see, formerly inc. municipalities, were made a part of the city of Lumberton in 1953.