| Steep Hill Branch | rises in W Carteret County and flows W approx. 3 mi. into White Oak River. |
| Steep Hill Branch | rises in W Johnston County and flows SE into Middle Creek. Mentioned in local records as early as 1770. |
| Steep Point | extends from the mainland of NE Carteret County into Core Sound. |
| Steep Rock Mountain | peak in W Randolph County. |
| Steer Gap | E Haywood County between Hungry Creek and Pisgah Creek. |
| Steestachee Bald | on the Haywood-Jackson county line. Alt. 5,700. Named for the Indian word for rats or nest of rats. Indian hunters are said to have found and destroyed a nest of rats there. |
| Steestachee Branch | rises near Steestachee Bald in SW Haywood County and flows E into Allen Creek. |
| Stella | community in W Carteret County on White Oak River. Alt. 30, the highest point in the county. Originally named Barkers Bridge in honor of a local doctor, but when a post office was est. in 1866, the Post Office Department declined to accept the name. |
| Stem | town in S Granville County. Inc. 1911. Named for W. T. Stem, local landowner. The area was first served by the Tally Ho post office, 1 mi. ne. In 1889, however, the post office was moved there and the name changed. Alt. 470. See also Tally Ho. |
| Stephens Creek | rises in S Macon County and flows NE into Cullasaja River. |