▁out ▁along ▁the ▁Broad ▁Creek ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 9 0 s ▁and ▁was ▁named ▁for ▁the ▁la ure l ▁bush es ▁that ▁grew ▁alongside ▁the ▁cre ek . ▁ ▁The ▁Ch ip man ▁Pot ato ▁House , ▁Ch ip man ' s ▁Mill , ▁Collins ▁Pot ato ▁House , ▁H ear n ▁Pot ato ▁House , ▁E . ▁L . ▁H itch ▁Pot ato ▁House , ▁La ure l ▁Historic ▁District , ▁Moore ▁Pot ato ▁House , ▁Old ▁Christ ▁Church , ▁Phill ips ▁Pot ato ▁House , ▁Ralph ▁Pot ato ▁House , ▁R ider ▁Pot ato ▁House , ▁Ross ▁Point ▁School , ▁Spring ▁Garden , ▁Stanley ▁Pot ato ▁House , ▁and ▁Wright ▁Pot ato ▁House ▁are ▁listed ▁on ▁the ▁National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places . ▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁merged ▁with ▁the ▁neighbor ing ▁town ▁of ▁North ▁La ure l ▁which ▁compr ised ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁current ▁town ▁north ▁of ▁Broad ▁Creek ▁( then ▁known ▁as ▁La ure l ▁River ). ▁This ▁mer ger ▁was ▁not ▁properly ▁reported ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁North ▁La ure l ' s ▁population ▁not ▁being ▁included ▁with ▁the ▁population ▁of ▁La ure l ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁United ▁States ▁Census . ▁As ▁such , ▁the ▁US ▁Census ▁Bureau ▁did ▁not ▁immediately ▁make ▁a ▁change ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁population ▁statistics ▁once ▁the ▁error ▁was ▁discovered , ▁however ▁it ▁acknowled ged ▁in