| Southerne Virginia Sea | appears on the Comberford map, 1657, as the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the Outer Banks of modern North Carolina, roughly between the coast and the Gulf Stream. |
| Southmont | community in S Davidson County on High Rock Lake and the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway. Post office there, 1883-1906, was known as Fairmont. Reestablished as Southmont in 1910; probably named for the new Winston-Salem Southbound Railway. Alt. 669. |
| Southport | town, SE Brunswick County on Cape Fear River. Fort Johnston, which see, built there, 1748-64. The town began to develop by 1792 and was named Smithville for Gen. Benjamin Smith (1751-1826). Inc. in 1805 and made county seat in 1808; remained so until a new government center opened near Bolivia in 1978. Name changed to Southport in 1889 because it was the southernmost seaport in the state. Alt. 26. |
| Southside | community in central Lincoln County. Named for a mill built on the S side of Lincolnton in 1891. Alt. 753. |
| Southwest Creek | rises in N Carteret County and flows NE into South River. |
| Southwest Creek | rises in SW Lenoir County and flows NE into Neuse River. Appears as Salmon Creek on the Moseley map, 1733; called Canterbury Creek by Governor Arthur Dobbs; and appears as Southwest Creek on the Collet map, 1770. Scene of 1863 Battle of Wyse Fork, which see. |
| Southwest Creek | rises in W Onslow County and flows SE into New River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Southwest Fork [Alligator River] | rises in S Tyrrell County near Alligator Lake and flows NE into Northwest Fork [Alligator River]. |
| Southwest Prong Branch | rises in W central Carteret County and flows N into Moon Creek. |
| Southwest Stony Fork Creek | rises in E Watauga County and flows SE into W Wilkes County to enter Stony Fork Creek. |