| Stagg Creek | rises in NW Ashe County and flows SE into North Fork New River. |
| Stagger Weed Creek | rises in E Mitchell County and flows NW to join Mine Fork Branch in forming Right Fork [Cane Creek]. |
| Stagville | See Fairntosh. |
| Staircase Mountain | NW Caldwell County near Maple Grove. |
| Staire Branch | rises in NE Buncombe County and flows NW into Walker Branch. |
| Stairs Mountain | S Haywood County on the head of Crawford Creek. Alt. 5,869. |
| Stairwalk Ridge | SE Buncombe County E of Potato Knob. |
| Stairway Falls | SW Transylvania County in Horsepasture River downstream from High Falls. |
| Stalcup Top | S Cherokee County near the headwaters of Little Brasstown Creek. |
| Staley | town in E Randolph County. Post office est. there in 1883 as Staleyville. Inc. 1901 as Staley. Named for Col. John W. Staley, Confederate soldier. Alt. 725. |