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Shining Rock MountainS Haywood County between Shining Rock Gap and Buck Spring Gap. Alt. 5,940.
Shinnsvillecommunity in SE Iredell County.
ShinnvilleSee Georgeville.
Shiny Creekrises in S Haywood County E of Spruce Ridge and flows N and then NW into Allen Creek.
Ship ChannelSee Blair Channel.
Ship PointN Tyrrell County, extends from the mainland into Albemarle Sound.
Shipyardcommunity on the Pasquotank River in W Camden County. In the eighteenth century, the area was a center for the construction of small commercial sailing vessels. The river there is straight and narrow for more than a mi., and it is now a popular spot for motorboat races.
Shit-Britches Creekrises in SE Buncombe County on Burney Mountain and flows NW into Cane Creek. Named by early settlers who saw an Indian washing himself in the stream after an "accident" in his britches. The name appears frequently in early deeds but also is called Dirty Britches Creek.
Shoal Creekrises in SE Buncombe County and flows NW into Cane Creek.
Shoal Creekrises in NE Burke County and flows N into Catawba River.