Do you know of Snowville ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Snowville. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Snowville.

Our sources for Snowville (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Snowville other than they indicate that Snowville would be found somewhere in Barren County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1888 and closed  in 1892.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Snowville ...

We found six communities that share the name Snowville.

Within Kentucky, the name Snowville is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Michigan
    • Marquette County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Snowville [Marquette County].
  • New Hampshire
    • Carroll County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Snowville [Carroll County].
  • Ohio
    • Meigs County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Snowville [Meigs County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Snowville.
  • Utah
    • Box Elder County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Snowville [Box Elder County].
  • Virginia
    • Pulaski County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Snowville [Pulaski County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Snowville ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Snowville:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Snowville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Barren County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Barren County.