Swan Creek, North Carolina

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 [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2008/05/05/daily6.html Swan Creek wins viticultural designation - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area: ] ] 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 also home to many unique businesses that incoporate the owners religion or passions. These include

*Shilo General Store - A small Amish store providing Amish foods and crafts.
*Swan Creek Farm - Swan Creek Farm is a newly established herb farm in the beautiful rolling foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
*Carolina Sky Diving - Skydive into one of the most beautiful settings in the Eastern United States! Carolina Skydiving is located in Jonesville, North Carolina at Swan Creek Airport in the foothills of the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains.

Swan Creek is named for the fact that wild geese [The North Carolina Gazetteer, William S. Powell] , erroneously called swans, were spotted resting in a nearby stream. Quaker pioneers first settled in the area before 1797 [The Heritage of Yadkin County, Frances Harding Casstevens, Editor, Page 235] .

External Links

* [http://www.swancreekvineyards.com/index.html Vineyards of Swan Creek]
* [http://www.swancreekfarm.com.html/ Swan Creek Farm]
* [http://www.carolinaskydiving.com/index.php Carolina SkyDiving]

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