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Welcome to Snead ...

The town of Snead is located in Blount County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Snead, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Snead has a population of 838 people<2> (see below for details).

Snead is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Snead lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Snead (for example, toward Etna (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Snead: 205 & 659<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Snead had an population of 838 people. This is an increase of 0.36% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 12.03% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Snead had a population of 835 people. This makes Snead the county's 5th most populous community.

The population of Snead represents 0.02% of the total population of Alabama (which has 4,779,736 people), making it the state's 274th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 835 people, the population of Snead increased 11.63% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 748 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Snead.

Communities Also Named Snead ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Snead - it's located in Georgia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Snead.

Communities near Snead ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Snead.

  • Albertville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Boaz
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Boaz is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <5>
  • Guntersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Guntersville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
    • Former names for Guntersville:
    • Gunter's Ferry
    • Gunter's Landing
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <5>
  • Arab
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Arab is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arab
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arab <5>
  • Oneonta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Attalla
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Sardis City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Sardis City is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
  • Blountsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Cleveland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Steele
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Steele is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steele <5>

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 Snead. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Snead.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Snead. 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 Snead.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Snead. See our Newspapers Page for Snead.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Snead ...

Looking for more information about Snead? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Snead, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Snead.

Adding Snead to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Snead 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 (so far) for Snead was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Snead post office opened in 1883. The Snead post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Snead.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Blount, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Snead.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Snead - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Snead area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Snead area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/