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Snow Creekrises in N Stokes County and flows SE into Dan River.
Snow Creekrises in W Surry County and flows SE and S into Mitchell River.
Snow Creekcommunity in N central Iredell County. Developed around a Methodist church founded there in 1802 at a cemetery begun in the 1780s.
Snow Creekcommunity in SW Mitchell County. Alt. approx. 2,600.
Snow Creek TownshipS central Mitchell County.
Snow Creek TownshipNE Stokes County.
Snow Hillcommunity in N Chowan County.
Snow Hillcounty seat and town, central Greene County. Alt. 74. Authorized to be laid off 1811; inc. 1828. Named for a nearby plantation of the same name, which probably was named for a hill of white sand. John Becton in 1753 willed lands "called the Snow Hills" in the county to his son Michael. Shortly after the Revolution, the Shepherd family tried without success to promote a town at the site to be called Shepherdsburgh. The ancient Tuscarora Indian town Catechna was located nearby. Today the town produces lumber, milling, and textile products.
Snow Hill Crossroadscommunity in N Duplin County.
Snow Hill Townshipcentral Greene County.