| Spanish Oak Gap | S Haywood County on Shining Creek. |
| Spanish Oak Hill | SW Alamance County. |
| Spanish Oak Mountain | central Avery County. |
| Spanking Back Creek | See Silas Creek. |
| Sparkling Catawba Springs | See Catawba Springs. |
| Sparkman | community in W Onslow County served by post office, 1888-1909. |
| Sparks Creek | appears on the Collet map, 1770, in NW Davidson County N of Fryes Creek. It flows W into Muddy Creek. |
| Sparks Gap | central Mitchell County on Pumpkin Patch Mountain. |
| Sparks Ridge | E Mitchell County between Bear Creek and Bailey Meadows. |
| Sparta | town and county seat, central Alleghany County. Post office est. there as Bower's Store, 1825; name changed to Gap Civil, 1846, and to Sparta, 1879. Inc. 1879. Named for the ancient city in Greece. Alt. 2,939. Produces apparel and textiles. See also Gap Civil Township. |