| Shawnee | See Long Island. |
| Shawneehaw | See Banner Elk. |
| Shawneehaw Creek | rises in W Watauga County and flows SW into NE Avery County, where it enters Elk River. |
| Shawneehaw Township | SW Watauga County. |
| Shaws | community in E Scotland County. |
| Shear Knob | W Swain County between Yalaka Creek and a bend in Little Tennessee River. |
| Shearer Creek | rises in N Clay County and flows SW into Johnson Mill Creek. |
| Shearer's Hill | a low ridge on the N side of Yadkin River, NE Caldwell County. Named for John Shearer, who settled there about the end of the Revolution. A black cemetery there has been in use since before the Civil War, when the slaves of a number of wealthy planters in the neighborhood were interred. |
| Sheehan Creek | rises in NW McDowell County and flows SE into Little Buck Creek. |
| Sheep Cliffs Creek | rises in S Jackson County and flows N into Webb Lake. |