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Sneedsboro, North Carolina

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flows east of Sneedsboro, and when the town was laid out and chartered in 1795 it was promoted as an inland river port. Streets in Sneedsboro were laid out and named, and the town had a post office, school, inn, general store, and both a Methodist and Baptist church.
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crossed the Pee Dee River at Sneedsboro. Historian Mary Louise Medley wrote that "though the Pee Dee River was then at flood stage, they took the time to destroy everything of value around the once flourishing town".
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The only extant remnants of the town are the crumbling chimney of the Knox Inn, and some tombstones in the Sneedsboro Cemetery, used from 1790 to 1840. Some notable people buried in the cemetery include
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By 1835 the town was deserted. Poor economic conditions in North Carolina had forced many of Sneedsboro's residents to leave, and an epidemic of typhoid fever had also struck the town.
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It was the second oldest town in Anson County, and was located about 5 mi (8.0 km) southeast of
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and its first professor of mathematics, as well as John Hinson, a US Senator.
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During the Civil War, a large battalion of Union forces led by
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On Sherman's Trail: The Civil War's North Carolina Climax
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Ghost town
Sneedsboro is located in North Carolina
34°49′58″N 79°56′10″W / 34.83278°N 79.93611°W / 34.83278; -79.93611
Country
State
North Carolina
County
Anson
Time zone
UTC-5
Eastern (EST)
DST
UTC-4
GNIS
ghost town
Anson County, North Carolina
Morven
Pee Dee River
William Tecumseh Sherman
Charles Harris
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John J. McRae
21st


"Old Sneedsboro"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior

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