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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.
Each entry is located according to the county in which it is found. I have not felt obliged to keep entries uniform. The altitude of a place, the date of incorporation of a city or town, may appear in the beginning of one entry and at the end of another. Some entries may appear more complete than others. I have included whatever information I could find. If there is no comment on the origin or meaning of a name, it is because the information was not available. In some cases, however, resort to an unabridged dictionary may suggest the meaning of many names."
--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Shelley Branch |
rises in NW Nash County and flows SE into Sandy Creek. |
| Shelly Point |
extends from the mainland of SW Carteret County into Bogue Sound. |
| Shelmerdine |
town in S Pitt County. |
| Shelter Mountain |
W Montgomery County between Clark's Creek and Pee Dee River. |
| Shelter Neck |
community in N central Pender County on the E side of Northeast Cape Fear River near DeRossett Creek. |
| Shelter River |
See Holly Shelter Creek. |
| Shelter Swamp |
rises in S Onslow County and flows W into Pender County, where it enters Holly Shelter Creek. |
| Shelton Branch |
rises in N Buncombe County and flows NW into Paint Fork. See also Anderson Cove. |
| Shelton Creek |
rises in W Granville County and flows SE into Tar River. Appears as Charlone Creek on the Collet map, 1770. |
| Shelton Laurel |
community in N Madison County. Alt. 1,849. Settled by Martin and David Shelton about 1790 near the junction of Shelton Laurel Creek and Big Laurel Creek. There, on January 19, 1863, 13 Union supporters (12 men and a boy) were shot by a detail of Confederate soldiers in what has become known as the Shelton Laurel Massacre. White Rock, a post office from 1851 to 1936, was in the center of the Shelton Laurel community. |
