| Stamy Knob | central Clay County between Peckerwood Creek and Cold Branch. |
| Stancell | See Oak Grove. |
| Standard | community in W Pitt County. Alt. 74. |
| Standhill Mountain | SW Buncombe County N of Buzzard Knob. |
| Standing Indian | peak on the Clay-Macon county line. The Indian name was Yunwitsulenunyi (where the man stood). Alt. 5,500. The peak has been called "the grandstand of the southern Appalachians." |
| Standing Indian Wildlife Management Area | SE Clay County. |
| Standingstone Mountain | at the junction of the lines of Henderson and Transylvania Counties, N.C., and Greenville County, S.C. |
| Stanfield | town in SW Stanly County. Inc. 1955. |
| Stanfield Branch | rises in N Buncombe County and flows W into Dick Branch. |
| Stanford | See Burgaw. |