Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Sexton |
community in S Madison County on Bull Creek. Served by post office, 1892-1905. |
| Sexton's Branch |
rises in NE Wake County and flows SE into Upper Bartons Creek. |
| Seymour Johnson Air Force Base |
central Wayne County at Goldsboro. Est. 1941 as an Army Air Forces Technical Training School and named for Lt. Seymour Johnson (1904-41), Navy test pilot from Goldsboro. |
| Shacklefoot Island |
See Brown's Island. |
| Shackleford Banks |
one of the Outer Banks, SE Carteret County; approx. 8½ mi. long. Named for John Shackle ford, who, with Enoch Ward, purchased the "Sea Banks" in 1713. See also Cape Lookout National Seashore. |
| Shackleford Point |
the W tip of Shackle ford Banks, SE Carteret County, extending into Beaufort Inlet. The community of Shackleford formerly existed near the point. |
| Shacktown |
community in SE Yadkin County between North Deep Creek and South Deep Creek. Named for B. G. "Shack" Colvard, local businessman. Previously produced tobacco baskets. |
| Shad Coye |
central Craven County in SE end of Hog Island adjacent to Neuse River. Approx. ¼ mi. wide. |
| Shad Point |
on the NE mainland of Hyde County extending into the mouth of Long Shoal Bay. |
| Shaddock's Creek |
is formed in SE Moore County by the junction of McDeeds and Mill Creeks. It flows E through Crystal Lake into Little River. The name was originally applied also to present McDeeds Creek. Named for Thomas Shaddock, an eighteenth-century settler. |