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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Snell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Snell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Snell, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Snell (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Snell. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Snell is historic, it would have been located within present day Rutherford County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rutherford County: Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Davidson, Marshall, Williamson & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Snell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Snell:
- Rutherford County (The home county of Snell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Snell, with the one closest to Snell listed first.
- Patterson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Colonial Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Murfreesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Smyrna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,940 people
- Leanna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leanna is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Eagleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Estates is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 131 people
- Rucker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Allisona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
- Jefferson Pike
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
- Walter Hill Estates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walter Hill Estates is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walter Hill Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 401 people
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snell, with the one closest to Snell listed first.
- Longview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Unionville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Vannatta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Bell Buckle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Shelbyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wartrace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Palmetto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Whitaker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Haley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Cortner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snell, with the one closest to Snell listed first.
- Bradyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burt
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Burgen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Auburntown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Auburntown is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
- Woodbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hollow Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snell, with the one closest to Snell listed first.
- Beechgrove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gossburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Busy Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snell, with the one closest to Snell listed first.
- Wrencoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wrencoe is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
- Rural Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rural Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,007 people
- Priest Lake Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Priest Lake Park is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priest Lake Park
- Antioch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nashboro Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Nashboro Village is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashboro Village
- Whispering Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Whispering Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills
- Paragon Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Paragon Mills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragon Mills
- Oak Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,432 people
- Dog Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dog Town is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Mudtavern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mudtavern is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudtavern
- Berry Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Berry Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Forest Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
- Donelson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Donelson is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donelson
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snell, with the one closest to Snell listed first.
- Holts Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Chapel Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- Anes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anes is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anes
- Verona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Berlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Oak Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- South Berlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Belfast
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Orrs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Lewisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snell, with the one closest to Snell listed first.
- New Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Leftwich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leftwich is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leftwich
- Carters Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Carters Creek is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Creek
- Jameson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jameson is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
- Theta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Philadelphia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Estimated population in 2014: 683 people
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- New Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,070 people
- Sumner County
- Driftwood Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Driftwood Park is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,908 people
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snell, with the one closest to Snell listed first.
- College Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arrington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nolensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clovercroft
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft
- Peytonsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Brentwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duplex
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Harpeth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth
- McEwen ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- McEwen is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,699 people
- Lynnwood Downs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lynnwood Downs is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood Downs
- Estimated population in 2014: 282 people
- Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Parry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Parry is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
- Thompson's Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
- Former name for Thompson's Station:
- Littlebury
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <2>
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Snell, with the one closest to Snell listed first.
- Rural Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rural Hill is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Cainsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cainsville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Gladeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Belinda City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Belinda City is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belinda City
- Lynn Christie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie
- Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
- Leeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Leeville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
- Mount Juliet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Doaks Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Doaks Crossroads is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doaks Crossroads
- Doaks Crossroads has also been known as:
- Doaks
- Beckwith
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Beckwith is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Statesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Statesville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Greenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Watertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Snell, see our County-by-County Page for Snell.
Cemeteries Near Snell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Snell.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Snell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Snell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Snell, with the one closest to Snell listed first.
- Snell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lytlel - Banks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Haynes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wray - Covington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Haynes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Baskin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Batey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Batey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Blackman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Haynes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Watson - Vaughn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Watson - Rowland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (1665 more) ...
- Primm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Snell - Newman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Snell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
Snell itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service. In 2014, Snell had a population of 1,361 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Snell, with the one closest to Snell listed first.
- Almaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Almaville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almaville
- Patterson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Patterson is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Overall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Overall is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Rockvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Fork is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Fork
- Triune
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Triune is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triune
- Versailles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Versailles is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
- College Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Link
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Link is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Crescent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Murfreesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eagleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Smyrna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Arrington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Allisona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allisona is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allisona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Snell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Snell.
Newspapers Published in Snell ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Snell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Snell, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Snell.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Snell:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Rutherford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cannon County
- Coffee County
- Davidson County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Sumner County
- Williamson County
- Wilson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Snell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Snell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |