| Shamrock | community in SE Mecklenburg County served by post office, 1894-1903. |
| Shanghai | community in SE Sampson County. |
| Shankle Mountain | SE Stanly County. Named for local family. |
| Shannon | community in N Robeson County on Big Raft Swamp served by post office since 1884. |
| Shannon Township | N Robeson County. |
| Shanty Cove | E Cherokee County on the headwaters of Seibold Branch. |
| Shanty Gap | in central Graham County between Mountain Creek and Sweetwater Creek. |
| Shanty Mountain | W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending NE from Balsam Mountain between Sugar Fork and Palmer Creek; centers near lat. 35°37'15" N., long. 83°09'35" W. Alt. 4,812. |
| Shanty Spring Branch | rises in E Avery County and flows N into Watauga County, where it enters Watauga River. |
| Shark Shoal | in the waters of Pamlico Sound N of Hatteras Inlet, S Dare County. |