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Welcome to Snipe ...

Snipe is located in Columbia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Snipe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Snipe is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Snipe: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Snipe ...

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

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

Communities near Snipe ...

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

  • Magnolia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Smackover
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Waldo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Waldo is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,256 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waldo <4>
  • Stephens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • McNeil
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Emerson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Emerson is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
  • Louann
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Louann is located in Ouachita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louann
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
  • Willisville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Willisville is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
  • Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Village is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village
  • Mount Holly
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Snipe ...

Looking for more information about Snipe? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Snipe, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Snipe.

Adding Snipe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Snipe 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 Snipe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Snipe post office opened in 1893. The Snipe post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Snipe.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Snipe - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Snipe area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Snipe area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/