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Shallowbag Baya bay in Roanoke Sound off the NE shore of Roanoke Island, E Dare County. The bay forms the harbor at the town of Manteo. In the late eighteenth century, it was referred to as Shalon-bas Bay (French chalonbas, "low trawl net"). Roanoke voyages-period vessel Elizabeth II, a reproduction, rests in bay.
Shalon-bas BaySee Shallowbag Bay.
Shamrockcommunity in SE Mecklenburg County served by post office, 1894-1903.
Shanghaicommunity in SE Sampson County.
Shankle MountainSE Stanly County. Named for local family.
Shannoncommunity in N Robeson County on Big Raft Swamp served by post office since 1884.
Shannon TownshipN Robeson County.
Shanty CoveE Cherokee County on the headwaters of Seibold Branch.
Shanty Gapin central Graham County between Mountain Creek and Sweetwater Creek.
Shanty MountainW Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending NE from Balsam Mountain between Sugar Fork and Palmer Creek; centers near lat. 35°37'15" N., long. 83°09'35" W. Alt. 4,812.