Do you know of Snell ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Snell. 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 Snell.

Our sources for Snell (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 Snell other than they indicate that Snell would be found somewhere in Pulaski County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1908 and closed  in 1935.

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 Snell ...

We found five communities that share the name Snell.

Within Kentucky, the name Snell is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Cleburne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Snell [Cleburne County].
  • Mississippi
    • Clarke County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Snell [Clarke County].
  • Tennessee
    • Rutherford County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Snell [Rutherford County].
  • Virginia
    • Spotsylvania County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Snell [Spotsylvania County].
  • Wisconsin
    • Marathon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Snell [Marathon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Snell ...

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Snell.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/71562   (Place Name: Snell)

County: Pulaski     (FIPS State/County: 21/199)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Snell) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Pulaski 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 Pulaski County.