Florence in Florence County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Snow Hill Baptist Church
Snow Hill Baptist Church organized in the 1880s. Tradition holds the church initially worshipped under a brush arbor on land owned by farmer London Nettles. In 1888 church trustees acquired this one-acre site from Johanna Hoffmeyer and built their first house of worship. Upon organizing, the Snow Hill congregation joined the Pee Dee Baptist Association. In its first few years it had as many as one hundred members.
Snow Hill Baptist Church served Black residents of Ebenezer Township and other nearby sections of Florence County. In 1908 church leaders organized a Colored Cemetery Association and acquired land one-mile south for a graveyard. Adjacent to the church's east is the hall building for Snow Hill Masonic Lodge 387. The current church building was constructed around 1950, replacing the original. It was later expanded.
Erected 2024 by South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, sponsored by Snow Hill Baptist Church and S.C. African American Heritage Commission. (Marker Number 21-60.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites
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Location. 34° 12.651′ N, 79° 51.39′ W. Marker is in Florence, South Carolina, in Florence County. It is on Hoffmeyer Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3503 Hoffmeyer Rd, Florence SC 29501, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pisgah Methodist Church (approx. one mile away); Gold Star Family Monument (approx. 2.1 miles away); Purple Heart Recipients
Credits. This page was last revised on January 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 19, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 63 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 19, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
