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Seward, North Carolina

Sheltontown, North Carolina

Sheltontown is an unincorporated community located along North Carolina Highway 89 in northeast Surry County, North Carolina near the city of Mount Airy, just east of Bannertown. The community generally lies between Rutledge Creek and the Ararat ...

Shoals, North Carolina

The community is located on the Yadkin River near Grassy Creek and is named for the nearby Bean Shoals rapids found in the Yadkin Powell 1968, p. 452. The community has an elevation of 980 feet above sea level. Area landmarks include Shoals Bapti ...

Shotwell, North Carolina

Shotwell is an unincorporated community in rural eastern Wake County, North Carolina, United States, located about 4 miles south of Knightdale and 11 miles east of Raleigh at the confluence of Smithfield, Mial Plantation, Major Slade, Grasshopper ...

Silk Hope, North Carolina

Silk Hope, in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States, is a farm community centered on a school, a volunteer fire department, several country churches, and many historical farmsteads. Some residents who work in Cary, Chapel Hill, and Resear ...

Silver Valley, North Carolina

Silver Valley is an unincorporated community in eastern Davidson County, North Carolina located along Old U.S. Highway 64 and Old North Carolina State Highway 109 south of Thomasville, North Carolina and southeast of Lexington, North Carolina.

Slate Mountain, North Carolina

Slate Mountain is an unincorporated community located in northeast Surry County, North Carolina between the Ararat River and Archies Creek. The community of Slate Mountain is named for the nearby summit of Slate Mountain which has an elevation 1. ...

Snow Camp, North Carolina

Snow Camp is an unincorporated community in southern Alamance County, North Carolina noted for its rich history and as the site of the Snow Camp Outdoor Theater. The community has a large Quaker population centered on the pre-revolutionary era Ca ...

Somerset, North Carolina

Sophia, North Carolina

Sophia is an unincorporated community in central Randolph County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located along U.S. Highway 311, just northwest of the routes intersection of with I-73/I-74/US 220 and southeast of Archdale, North Caroli ...

South Gastonia, North Carolina

South Gastonia is a neighborhood of Gastonia in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5.433 at the 2000 census, at which time it was erroneously listed as a census-designated place. Majority of the community has now bee ...

Spring Creek, North Carolina

Spring Creek is an unincorporated community in Madison County, North Carolina, United States. Located along NC 209, north of Trust and Luck, the community was named after Spring Creek, which is adjacent to the highway. The community is part of th ...

Stallings Crossroads, North Carolina

Stallings Crossroads is an unincorporated community in eastern Franklin County, North Carolina, United States. It is located east of Louisburg, at an elevation of 384 feet. The primary cross roads where the community is located are N.C. Highway 5 ...

Stanleyville, North Carolina

Stanleyville is an unincorporated community between northern Winston-Salem and Rural Hall in Forsyth County, North Carolina. Most of the community has been annexed by Winston-Salem. Stanleyville is located along North Carolina Highway 66 near the ...

State Road, North Carolina

State Road is an unincorporated community located in the Bryan Township of Surry County, North Carolina and part of Edwards III Township in eastern Wilkes County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the State Road postal district had a total p ...

Steeds, North Carolina

Steeds is located on US 220 Alt two miles north of the Community of Ether. The community is at the crossing of Hwy 220, State Road 1332 Plantation Road and State Road 1365 Steed Road, with State Road 1361 Bean Road junctioning with Steed Road. Th ...

Stocksville, North Carolina

Stocksville is an unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Located at the intersection of Old Mars Hill Highway and Murphy Hill Road, near the I-26/US 19/US 23 interchange. North Buncombe High School is located nearby.

Stony Hill, North Carolina

Stony Hill is an Unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina, United States at an elevation of 407 feet or 124 m. The center is at the intersection of North Carolina Highway 98 and Stony Hill Road. There is a fire station further nort ...

Stony Knoll, North Carolina

The community is centered on the intersection of Rockford Road and Stony Knoll Road and generally lies between the Fisher River and West Double Creek. Stony Knoll has an elevation of 1.159 feet above sea level Powell 1968, pp. 477–478. Prominent ...

Sunset Harbor, North Carolina

Sunset Harbor is an unincorporated community on the banks of the Lockwood Folly River and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in Brunswick County, North Carolina. It is bordered by the city limits of Oak Island and is situated across the river fro ...

Surl, North Carolina

Sutton, North Carolina

Sutton is an unincorporated community in southern Franklin County, North Carolina, United States. It is located at the intersection of N.C. Highway 39 and Brantleytown Road, south of Bunn, at an elevation of 187 feet.

Teer, North Carolina

Teer is an unincorporated community in southwestern Orange County, North Carolina, United States, northeast of Oaks, North Carolina. Its elevation is 486 feet or 148 meters.

Thurmond, North Carolina

The community lies between US Highway 21 and the Mitchell River. It is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Thurmond has an elevation of 1.402 feet above sea level.

Timberlake, North Carolina

Timberlake is an unincorporated community in south-central Person County, North Carolina. The population was 6.921 at the 2010 census. It lies between Roxboro and Durham along the US Highway 501 corridor through Person County. The economy of this ...

Townsville, North Carolina

Townsville is an unincorporated community in Townsville Township in northern Vance County, North Carolina, United States. It is located at the intersection of N.C. Highway 39 and Tungsten Mine Road, 13 miles north of Henderson, at an elevation of ...

Tryon, Gaston County, North Carolina

Tryon is an unincorporated community in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is in Cherryville Township, located approximately 4.7 miles southeast of the city of Cherryville on North Carolina Highway 274. The rural Gaston County elect ...

Turkey Ford, North Carolina

Turkey Ford is a small unincorporated community in central Surry County, North Carolina. The community is roughly centered on the intersection of Turkey Ford Road and Turkey Ford Church Road and is generally between the town of Dobson and the com ...

Turkeyfoot, North Carolina

Turkeyfoot is located at 36.001063°N 80.702648°W / 36.001063; -80.702648. Nearby communities include Sheffield, Harmony, Lone Hickory, Houstonville, and Cana. One prominent local topographical feature is Bear Creek. It is of such local prominen ...

Tusquittee, North Carolina

Tusquittee is an unincorporated community located in Clay County, North Carolina. Tusquitee is a Cherokee Indian word meaning "Where the water-dogs laughed". It is bordered on the north by Fires Creek Bear Reserve which is within the Nantahala Na ...

Ulah, North Carolina

Ulah has, for most of its existence, been a little known community. The origin of the name Ulah may refer to Ulaid,a Gaelic over-kingdom in north-eastern Ireland during the Middle Ages. Ulaid gave its name to the province of Ulster where many set ...

Union Cross, North Carolina

Union Cross is an unincorporated community in southeastern Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. Parts of the community have been annexed by Kernersville and Winston-Salem as a result of the areas large population growth and the construc ...

Union Cross, Surry County, North Carolina

Union Cross is a small unincorporated community in the Dobson Township of central Surry County, North Carolina. The community is roughly centered on the intersection of Dobbins Mill Road and Twin Oaks Road. Prominent landmarks include Union Cross ...

Union Hill, North Carolina

Union Hill is an unincorporated community located in the Bryan Township of western Surry County, North Carolina located between Little Mountain and the south fork of the Mitchell River.

University, Orange County, North Carolina

Volunteer, North Carolina

Volunteer is an unincorporated community in Stokes County, North Carolina, United States, approximately 3 mi east-southeast of the town of Pilot Mountain.

Warne, North Carolina

Warne is an unincorporated community in Brasstown Township, Clay County, North Carolina, United States. In 2010, Clay County was the fourth least populated county in North Carolina, inhabited by approximately 10.587 people. The region has added c ...

West Smithfield, North Carolina

West Smithfield was an unincorporated community and census-designated place and is now a district of Smithfield, North Carolina in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. The population was last recorded separately from Smithfield in 2000 ...

White Level, North Carolina

White Level is an unincorporated community in eastern Franklin County, North Carolina, United States. It is located at the intersection of White Level Road and Wood Road, east-northeast of Louisburg, at an elevation of 325 feet.

White Plains, North Carolina

White Plains is located at 36°26′25″N 80°38′10″W 36.440331, -80.636237. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.1 square miles 11 km 2, all of it land.

White Rock, North Carolina

White Rock is an unincorporated community in Madison County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located along Chapel Hill Road, which connects to nearby NC 212. The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

White Sulphur Springs, North Carolina

White Sulphur Springs is a small unincorporated community in Surry County, North Carolina on the outskirts of the city of Mount Airy near the Virginia state line. The community sits on the Ararat River and once served as a popular late-nineteenth ...

Wildwood, North Carolina

Wildwood, North Carolina is a small unincorporated community centered on the Wildwood Road, just west of the Morehead City, North Carolina town limits along US Highway 70, in Carteret County, North Carolina. Newport, North Carolina is the next cl ...

Willets, North Carolina

Willets is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. Willets is located along US 74, West of Balsam and East of Sylva. It is home to the Balsam-Willets-Ochre Hill fire department, a church, and many homes. It w ...

Wilmington Beach, North Carolina

Wilmington Beach was a coastal unincorporated community on Pleasure Island in North Carolina, U.S. that was annexed by the town of Carolina Beach in 2000. Prior to the annexation, the small community was a buffer between Carolina Beach and Kure B ...

Wilsonville, North Carolina

Wilsonville is an unincorporated crossroads along U.S. Route 64 between Pittsboro and Apex at B. Everett Jordan Lake in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. The area, which is lightly populated, is a geographical reference point for peo ...

Wilton, North Carolina

Wilton is an unincorporated community in southern Granville County, North Carolina, north of Grissom, North Carolina. Former home of Wilton High School. It was declared no longer a city in 1985 when the state removed its post office charter.

Windblow, North Carolina

Windblow, North Carolina, is an unincorporated crossroads community on the border of Montgomery and Richmond Counties, North Carolina. Located at the intersection of North Carolina Highway 73 and NC State Road 1003, Windblow is an agricultural co ...

Woodville, Surry County, North Carolina

Woodville in an unincorporated community located in the Westfield Township of northeast Surry County, North Carolina near Big Creek. The main thoroughfare through the community is North Carolina Highway 89.

Yadkin College, North Carolina

Yadkin College is an unincorporated village in rural Davidson County, North Carolina, United States, located 9 miles northwest of Lexington. Contrary to its name, it is not part of Yadkin County. Yadkin College is named for the college of the sam ...