Swan Creek, North Carolina

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Swan Creek is an unincorporated community in western Yadkin County, North Carolina south of Jonesville, North Carolina. It also shares its name with an American Viticultural Area (AVA) region in the Yadkin Valley AVA.

The AVA ^[1]includes about 160 square miles in Iredell, Wilkes and Yadkin counties. The designation, the second in North Carolina, took effect May 27, 2008.

There are five vineyards located within the Swan Creek AVA: Raffaldini Vineyards in Ronda, and Laurel Gray Vineyards, Buck Shoals Vineyards, Shadow Springs Vineyard and Dobbins Creek Vineyards in Hamptonville.

Swan Creek is named for the fact that wild geese^[2], erroneously called swans, were spotted resting in a nearby stream. Quaker pioneers first settled in the area before 1797 ^[3].

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Vineyards of Swan Creek

[edit] References

^ http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2008/05/05/daily6.html
^ The North Carolina Gazetteer, William S. Powell
^ The Heritage of Yadkin County, Frances Harding Casstevens, Editor, Page 235

Coordinates: 36°09′33″N, 80°76′02″W

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Yadkin County, North Carolina

County seat: Yadkinville

Towns	Boonville \| East Bend \| Jonesville \| Yadkinville

Townships	Boonville \| Deep Creek \| East Bend \| Forbush \| North Buck Shoals \| North Fall Creek \| North Knobs \| North Liberty \| South Buck Shoals \| South Fall Creek \| South Knobs \| South Liberty

Unincorporated communities	Barney Hill \| Brooks Crossroads \| Courtney \| Enon \| Fall Creek \| Footville \| Forbush \| Hamptonville \| Huntsville \| Lone Hickory \| Richmond Hill \| Smithtown \| Swan Creek \| Windsors Crossroads