Snow Hill is an

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, located in the

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. According to the

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, the community had a population of 20 in 2000. It is located within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

History

The area in what is known as Snow Hill today may have been named by a group of surveyors who stood on a ridge that was covered in

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. It had a church for its locals for a long time. From 1940 through 2000, the community's population was 20.

Geography

Snow Hill is located on the highest point between the shore of Pilot and Indian Creeks near

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, northeast of

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in northeastern Collin County.

Education

Snow Hill once had its own school. Today the community is served by the

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Notable person

* David B. McCall, former mayor of Plano, was born here.

References

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