All Museums & Historic Sites in Snow Hill

The Judy Johnson Memorial sits outside of the Snow Hill Library and was raised in the summer of 2021. William Julius “Judy” Johnson (1899-1989), was an American professional third baseman and manager who’s career in Negro League baseball spanned 17 seasons, from 1921 to 1937. Born in Snow Hill, he was slight of build and never developed as a power Read more...

Mt. Zion One-room Schoolhouse was originally built around 1859 in Mt. Zion (near Whitton), this schoolhouse was operated until 1931. From that point, the building sat until Dr. Paul Cooper, Superintendent of Schools, had the building moved to Snow Hill in 1959 in an effort to preserve the schoolhouse for future generations. At the time, the structure was in a Read more...

From 1828-1850 the Nassawango Iron Furnace was in its heyday. Many workers – miners, sawyers, colliers, molders, draymen, and bargemen – labored to make iron. Furnace Town (also called Nescongo or Nasseongo) was a company town, built by the Maryland Iron Company. About 300 people lived and worked here. There were blacksmiths, broom makers, wainwrights, wheelwrights, bakers, cobblers, coopers, and Read more...