| Sheepback Knob | W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Cataloochee Divide, near lat. 35°33'10" N., long. 83°07'33" W., between Little Bald Knob and Little Spruce Ridge. Alt. 5,520. |
| Sheepback Mountain | N Jackson County between Rich Mountain and Plott Balsams. Alt. 4,700. |
| Sheepwallow Knob | NE Buncombe County between Cedar Cliff Knob and Pigpen Knob. |
| Sheffield | community in NW Davie County. Named by Thomas M. Smith, postmaster, in whose store the post office was est. in 1893; service discontinued 1907. |
| Sheffields Township | NW Moore County. |
| Shehan | community in N Henderson County. |
| Shehan Crossroads | community in NE Polk County at the Rutherford County line. |
| Shelby | city and county seat in central Cleveland County. Alt. 853. Inc. 1843; charter repealed 1847. Reincorporated 1849. Named for Col. Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), Revolutionary War commander. Produces textiles, bakery products, hosiery, apparel, fiberglass, chemicals, and glass products. |
| Shelby Township | former township in S central Cleveland County, now township no. 6. |
| Shell Branch | rises in W Jackson County and flows SW into Savannah Creek. |