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Place	Description
Sloan's Crossing	See Garland.
Sloans Creek	rises in W Rowan County and flows N approx. 3 mi. into Kerr Creek, which see. Known first as South Fork of James Cathey's Mill Creek and later as Marlins Creek.
Slocomb	community in N Cumberland County.
Slocomb Crossroads	See Turlington.
Slocum Creek	rises in SE Craven County and flows N into Neuse River. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733, as Slocumbs Creek.
Sloop Point	extends from the mainland of S Pender County into Virginia Creek estuary in Topsail Sound. Named for the fact that sloops entering the sound moored there. Sloop Point post office, 1879-1936, was located at what is now Barlowes, which see. Site of oldest house in North Carolina, "Sloop Point" (ca. 1726).
Slosh	See Schlosstown.
Slough, The	stream, rises in N Wayne County and flows E into Nahunta Swamp.
Slow Creek	rises in E Cherokee County and flows SW into Peachtree Creek.
Sluder Branch	rises in NW Buncombe County on E slopes of Hanlon Mountain and flows NE and then SE into Newfound Creek.