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Welcome to Snyder Corner ...

Snyder Corner is located in York County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Snyder Corner: Snyder Cor. (or less commonly used: Snyder Crn.)

Snyder Corner is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Snyder Corner lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Snyder Corner: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Snyder Corner ...

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

  • Lancaster
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • York
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • York is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <4>
  • Elizabethtown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Millersville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Joy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Red Lion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Manheim
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • New Freedom
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • West York
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Snyder Corner ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Snyder Corner - 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Snyder Corner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Snyder Corner 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.