| Splash Dam Lake | E Transylvania County, drains SW into Cascade Lake. Covers 5 acres and has a max. depth of 30 ft. |
| Splashy | See Spray. |
| Splendor | community in S Henderson County served by post office, 1887-1905. |
| Split Mountain | E Haywood County between Fines Creek and the county line. |
| Split Whiteoak Ridge | W Macon County between Whiteoak Creek and Gold Pit Creek. |
| Spooks Branch | rises in central Buncombe County near Lewis Gap and flows NW into Beaverdam Creek. |
| Spooners Bay | in Brown's Sound, S Onslow County. Probably named for Jabez Spooner, landowner in the vicinity by 1743. Sometimes mistakenly called Schooners Bay. |
| Spooners Creek | rises in S Carteret County and flows S into Bogue Sound. |
| Spoonwater Creek | rises in NE Person County and flows NW into Maho Creek. Said to have received its name because it is so shallow that anyone wanting water from it would have to use a spoon to dip it up. |
| Spot | community on Currituck Sound, S Currituck County. Formerly Hog Quarter, but renamed when a post office was est. there about 1920 (spot is a fish that is caught locally). |