| Shady Grove | See Advance. |
| Shady Grove Township | E Davie County. Named for Shady Grove Methodist Church, est. prior to or in 1816. |
| Shadygrove | community in NW Sampson County. |
| Shaftesbury Precinct | was formed by 1668 as a division of Albemarle County. It was named for Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury (1621-83), one of the original Lords Proprietors of Carolina. Renamed Chowan Precinct about 1681. See also Chowan County. |
| Shaken | community in NE Pender County on Shaken Creek E of its junction with Holly Shelter Creek. Served by post office, 1907-18. |
| Shaken Creek | rises in E Pender County and flows NW into Holly Shelter Creek. |
| Shakerag | See Osgood. |
| Shaleville | community in W Madison County on Ferry Branch. |
| Shallop's Landing | See Columbia. |
| Shallotte | town in SW Brunswick County served by post office since 1837. Appears on the Morse-Breese map, 1843. Inc. 1899. Named for Shallotte River, on which it is located. Alt. 33. |