| Shawano Ridge | NE Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, extends SW from Balsam Mountain near lat. 35°40' N., long. 83°12'33" W. |
| Shawboro | community in W Currituck County. Settled about 1775 and first known as Bayley. Perhaps to avoid confusion with Bailey in Nash County, it was renamed Shaw's Corner after the Civil War in honor of Col. Henry Shaw, Confederate officer. Name later changed to Shawboro by the Norfolk and Southern Railroad. Alt. 15. |
| Shawnee | See Long Island. |
| Shawneehaw | See Banner Elk. |
| Shawneehaw Creek | rises in W Watauga County and flows SW into NE Avery County, where it enters Elk River. |
| Shawneehaw Township | SW Watauga County. |
| Shaws | community in E Scotland County. |
| Shear Knob | W Swain County between Yalaka Creek and a bend in Little Tennessee River. |
| Shearer Creek | rises in N Clay County and flows SW into Johnson Mill Creek. |
| Shearer's Hill | a low ridge on the N side of Yadkin River, NE Caldwell County. Named for John Shearer, who settled there about the end of the Revolution. A black cemetery there has been in use since before the Civil War, when the slaves of a number of wealthy planters in the neighborhood were interred. |