| Soggy Hill Branch | rises in NE Swain County and flows S into Raven Fork. |
| Sokassa | See Rumbling Bald Mountain. |
| Solitude | See Ashland. |
| Solola Valley | community in N central Swain County on Noland Creek. The name comes from salola, the Cherokee Indian word for squirrel. |
| Solomons Creek | rises in S Richmond County and flows W into Pee Dee River. |
| Solray Gap | central Haywood County between Little Pine Mountain and Pigeon River. |
| Sols Creek | rises in E Jackson County and flows SW into Bear Creek Lake on the Tuckasegee River. |
| Somers Township | SE Wilkes County. |
| Somerset | community in SE Chowan County served by post office, 1888-1903. |
| Somerset | community in central Person County. Est. 1895-1900 as Pick's or Pick's Siding, where lumber was brought by tramroad to be transferred to the railroad. |