Lumberton

Forestry settlement name

Lumberton is a place name for several American towns, most notably in North Carolina and New Jersey.

The name typically derives from the lumber industry that drove early settlement.

Like many American place names ending in -ton (meaning town), it describes an origin story: She grew up in Lumberton, North Carolina.

The North Carolina town gained pop culture recognition through David Lynch's film *Blue Velvet*.

lumber

timber

Wood for construction

pine · hardwood · softwood · mill town · wood processing · timber trade · log · plank · board · milling

place

North Carolina

Southeastern Atlantic coast state

incorporated · settlement · community · locale · district · jurisdiction · region · I-95 · small town

rural

farmland

Agricultural terrain

cotton · cropland · pastoral · farming community · flatland · coastal plain · swampland · homestead · acreage

Opposites
geographic character

LumbertonMiami Beach

Florida Atlantic coast resort

Malibu · Hamptons · Martha's Vineyard · Palm Beach · The Hamptons

economic base

LumbertonSilicon Valley

Bay Area tech corridor

Wall Street · Beverly Hills · Greenwich · Scottsdale · Monaco

CULTURAL SYMBOLISM (via Blue Velvet)

LumbertonHollywood

American film industry center

Las Vegas · Times Square · South Beach · Greenwich Village · Sunset Boulevard

Family

lumber, lumbering, lumbered, lumberer, lumbers, lumberyard, lumberjack

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G