Community Name:         Sneads Ferry

County:                                  Onlsow

Information:

As reported by Onslow County Tourism, the population of Sneads Ferry is 2248 as of 10 November, 2003. The seafood village annually catches over 385 tons of shrimp, 25 tons of flounder, and approximately 493 tons of other delicious seafood like clams, scallops, oysters, mullet, spots, grouper, soft shell and hard shell crabs, sea bass, etc.  They honor the local fishermen with the annual Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival the 2nd weekend every August at the Community Festival Grounds.

History:

In 1728 Edmund Ennett established a ferry at a site in Sneads Ferry. The ferry became a key element in the Post Road linking Suffolk, VA with Charleston, SC. By 1759 two ferries operated there, one from each bank of New River. Robert Snead was the proprietor of the ferry on the north shore, and the community that developed on the banks of the crossing site became known as "Sneads Ferry." Dedicated men such as Caroline Pearson propelled the ferry until it was replaced with a bridge in 1939.