NC Gazetteer

Snow Camp

A community in Alamance County
… community in SW Alamance County on Cane Creek. Dixon's Mill there dates from 1753. An iron foundry was est. there about 1800 and, as late as 1879, was still in operation. Legend says the name Snow Camp was given the community by Cornwallis's soldiers, who camped there after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse during a heavy snow.