Snowdoun is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Montgomery County,

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, United States. Snowdoun is located on U.S. Highway 331 south of Montgomery.

History

Snowdoun was named by William Falconer in honor of

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. A post office operated under the name Snowdoun from 1859 to 1957. Snowdoun is located along the route of the Federal Road. Snowdoun was formerly connected to Montgomery by the Montgomery Southern Railway, a

narrow gauge railway A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum railw ...

William Bartram William Bartram (April 20, 1739 – July 22, 1823) was an American naturalist, writer and explorer. Bartram was the author of an acclaimed book, now known by the shortened title Bartram's ''Travels'', which chronicled his explorations of the S ...

camped near Snowdoun on his expedition through the southern colonies.

References

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