North Shore is a census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,094 at the 2010 census, up from 2,112 in 2000. It is allocation of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area.

North Shore is located in northeastern Franklin County at 37°5′30″N 79°39′4″W / 37.09167°N 79.65111°W / 37.09167; -79.65111 (37.091605, −79.651248). It occupies a 6-mile-long (10 km) peninsula in Smith Mountain Lake, an impoundment on the Roanoke River. The northeast edge of the CDP follows the Roanoke River arm of the lake, which is with the Bedford County line, while the southern and southwestern edge follows the Blackwater River and Gills Creek arm. It is bordered to the north by the Westlake Corner CDP, with the affix formed by Patience Lane, Gilford Road, Scruggs Road, and Lakewood Forest Road. The unincorporated community of Scruggs is in the middle of the North Shore CDP; “Scruggs” is the mailing dwelling for the area, with a ZIP code of 24121.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the North Shore CDP has a total area of 20.1 square miles (52.1 km), of which 13.7 square miles (35.4 km²) is home and 6.4 square miles (16.7 km), or 32.05%, is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,112 people, 994 households, and 748 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 154.6 people per square mile (59.7/km²). There were 1,919 housing units at an average density of 140.4/sq mi (54.2/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.11% White, 1.33% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.09% from supplementary races, and 0.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.80% of the population.