Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Shugan Creek |
See Little Sugar Creek. |
| Shular Gap |
S Swain County N of Little Yalaka Creek. |
| Shuler Creek |
rises in NW Cherokee County and flows SW into Hiwassee River on the Polk County, Tenn., line. |
| Shuler Mountain |
SW Cherokee County near the headwaters of Dickey Branch. |
| Shulls Mill |
community in S Watauga County on Watauga River. Est. as a post office in 1870 (closed 1955); named for Joseph Shulls, settler, whose daughter eloped with the local sheriff, Cobb McCandless. The couple went to the West, where McCandless joined the Jesse James gang and was killed by a member of the Jones gang, a rival group. |
| Shumaker Mountain |
See Fox's Mountain. |
| Shumont |
community in SE Buncombe County. |
| Shumont Mountain |
on the Buncombe-Rutherford County line approx. 2 mi. N of Chimney Rock. Alt. approx. 3,839. Formerly known also as Harris Mountain and Leaventhorps View. |
| Shunkawakan Falls |
on Whiteoak Creek, central Polk County. Water originally fell for a total of 500 ft., but blasting for road construction broke the falls into two sections. |
| Shut-in Creek |
rises in N Jackson County on N slopes of Bald Mountain and flows N into Soco Creek. |