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Lillington Creek

Also known as: Lillington's Mill Creek, Island Creek, Maxwell Creek
A creek in Pender County
… rises in E Pender County and flows SW into Northeast Cape Fear River. Named for Gen. Alexander Lillington (1725-86), whose plantation was nearby. Appears as Island Creek on the Collet map, 1770; as Maxwell Creek on the Price map, 1808; and as Lillington's Mill Creek on the MacRae map, 1833.