| Statesville | city and county seat, central Iredell County. Authorized to be laid out in 1789 and probably named in honor of the fact that North Carolina had approved the federal Constitution a few weeks previously and thus had become a state. Inc. 1847. Settlement grew up around Fourth Creek Presbyterian Church, organized there in 1753. Home of Mitchell Community College. Produces textiles, apparel, fabricated metals, furniture, flour, lumber, and machinery. Alt. 925. See also Fourth Creek. |
| Statesville Township | central Iredell County. |
| Staton | community in N Pitt County. Alt. 42. |
| Statons Pond | central Martin County, is fed by the waters of several streams: Hardison Mill Creek, Ready Branch, and Smithwick Creek. It is drained by Sweetwater Creek. The pond is approx. 2 mi. long. |
| Stauken's Quarter Creek | See Stinking Quarter Creek. |
| Staunton | community in W Wilkes County on North Prong Lewis Fork Creek. |
| Staunton | See Kittrell. |
| Steadmans Creek | rises in central Stokes County and flows N into Dan River. |
| Steadmans Lake | is formed by a dam across Steadmans Creek, central Stokes County. Covers about 15 acres; max. depth 30 ft. Owned by Izaak Walton League of America. |
| Stearns | community in W central Polk County. |