| Shinnville | See Georgeville. |
| Shiny Creek | rises in S Haywood County E of Spruce Ridge and flows N and then NW into Allen Creek. |
| Ship Channel | See Blair Channel. |
| Ship Point | N Tyrrell County, extends from the mainland into Albemarle Sound. |
| Shipyard | community on the Pasquotank River in W Camden County. In the eighteenth century, the area was a center for the construction of small commercial sailing vessels. The river there is straight and narrow for more than a mi., and it is now a popular spot for motorboat races. |
| Shit-Britches Creek | rises in SE Buncombe County on Burney Mountain and flows NW into Cane Creek. Named by early settlers who saw an Indian washing himself in the stream after an "accident" in his britches. The name appears frequently in early deeds but also is called Dirty Britches Creek. |
| Shoal Creek | rises in SE Buncombe County and flows NW into Cane Creek. |
| Shoal Creek | rises in NE Burke County and flows N into Catawba River. |
| Shoal Creek | rises in W Cherokee County between Signal Pole Hill and Arp Gap and flows NE into Apalachia Lake on Hiwassee River. Sometimes known as South Shoal Creek. |
| Shoal Creek | rises in S Cleveland County and flows W into First Broad River. |