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Welcome to Snap ...

Snap is located in Grayson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Snap, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Snap is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Snap: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Snap ...

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

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

Communities near Snap ...

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

  • Leitchfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Munfordville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarkson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Brownsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Upton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Caneyville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Sonora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bonnieville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Dogcreek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dogcreek is located in Hart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
  • Wheelers Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Snap ...

Looking for more information about Snap? 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 Snap, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Snap.

Adding Snap to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Snap post office opened in 1895. The Snap post office closed in 1961.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Snap.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Grayson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Snap - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Snap area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Snap 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/