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Welcome to Snider ...

Snider is located in Sanders County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Snider, you might consider that their post office opened in 1949.

Snider is 2,500 feet [762 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Snider is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Snider lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Snider (for example, toward Wallace (ID)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Code for Snider: 406

Communities Also Named Snider ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Snider - they are located in Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Ontario, Tennessee (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Snider ...

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

  • Thompson Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Plains
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Eddy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Eddy is located in Sanders County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
  • Cabin City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Cabin City is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin City
  • De Borgia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Haugan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Saltese
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Regis
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Trout Creek
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • East Portal ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • East Portal is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Portal

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Snider ...

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

Adding Snider to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Snider 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 Snider was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Snider post office opened in 1949. The Snider post office closed in 1969.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Snider.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Sanders, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Snider - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/