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Welcome to Sneffels ...So far, we found very little information about Sneffels. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sneffels to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sneffels, please Contact Us. Sneffels would have been located within present day Ouray County<2>. The location of Sneffels has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Sneffels, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Sneffels is 10,620 feet [3,237 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Sneffels is 2 miles [or ~3¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Sneffels was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Sneffels would have been located in the (970) area code. Communities near Sneffels ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sneffels.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sneffels. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sneffels. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sneffels. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sneffels. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sneffels. See our Newspapers Page for Sneffels. Adding Sneffels to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sneffels in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sneffels was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Sneffels. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Ouray County: www.co.ouray.co.us/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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