Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Still Creek |
rises in W Carteret County and flows W into White Oak River. Named because a whiskey still was once located on the creek. |
| Stilley |
community S Beaufort County. |
| Stillhouse Branch |
rises in S Avery County and flows NW into Whiteoak Branch. |
| Stillhouse Creek |
rises in central McDowell County and flows S into Paxton Creek. |
| Stillwater Branch |
rises in W central Transylvania County and flows N into Davidson River. |
| Stillwater Creek |
See Island Creek. |
| Stillwell Creek |
rises in NE Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SW into Straight Fork of Raven Fork Creek. |
| Stinking Creek |
rises in S Chatham County and flows SE into Haw River. |
| Stinking Quarter Creek |
rises in S Guilford County and flows NE into Alamance County, where it enters Great Alamance Creek. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. Name said to have been derived from the fact that Indians cleaned animals there and left quarters of meat to spoil. Eli Caruthers, writing in 1856, said it was formerly known as Stauken's Quarter Creek, presumably named for a grant of land to a pioneer settler. |
| Stirewalt Creek |
rises in central Alexander County a short distance S of Taylorsville and flows S into Lower Little River. |