| Shelton Creek | rises in W Granville County and flows SE into Tar River. Appears as Charlone Creek on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Shelton Laurel | community in N Madison County. Alt. 1,849. Settled by Martin and David Shelton about 1790 near the junction of Shelton Laurel Creek and Big Laurel Creek. There, on January 19, 1863, 13 Union supporters (12 men and a boy) were shot by a detail of Confederate soldiers in what has become known as the Shelton Laurel Massacre. White Rock, a post office from 1851 to 1936, was in the center of the Shelton Laurel community. |
| Shelton Laurel Creek | rises in N Madison County and flows SW into Big Laurel Creek. |
| Shelton Laurel Township | former township in N Madison County, now township no. 2. |
| Shelton Town | community in NE Surry County between Rutledge Creek and Ararat River. |
| Shelton's Store | community in N Stokes County. Later known as Ziglar's Store. |
| Shepards Mill | community in central Stokes County on Snow Creek. A mill, still standing, operated there as early as 1819 and as recently as 1957. Snow Creek Ironworks was started there in 1770 by Col. James Martin. Limestone for ironworks at Danbury mined there. |
| Shephard Creek | drains Osceola Lake in central Henderson County and flows W into Mud Creek. |
| Shephard Ditch | NW Pasquotank County, drains NE into Pasquotank River. |
| Shepherd Bald | on Macon-Swain County line between Davis Bald and Leatherman Knob. |