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Place Description
Shanty Mountain

W Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending NE from Balsam Mountain between Sugar Fork and Palmer Creek; centers near lat. 35°37'15" N., long. 83°09'35" W. Alt. 4,812.

Shanty Spring Branch

rises in E Avery County and flows N into Watauga County, where it enters Watauga River.

Shark Shoal

in the waters of Pamlico Sound N of Hatteras Inlet, S Dare County.

Sharon

community in NW Camden County. Named for a Methodist church erected there in 1894. Previously known as Slab Ridge. Alt. 18.

Sharon Township

former township in S central Mecklenburg County, now township no. 4.

Sharp

community in W Rockingham County. In 1884 Thomas Sharp built gristmill and sawmill on his plantation. Area later became part of Spray, then Eden.

Sharp Branch

rises in NE Cherokee County and flows NW into Valley River.

Sharp Creek

rises in N Watauga County and flows W into Cove Creek.

Sharp Point

community in W Pitt County.

Sharp Top

mountain in central Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Noland Divide near lat. 35°28'05" N., long. 83°27'27" W. Alt. 3,430.