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Snider

Ghost town · Carroll County, Tennessee

Bruceton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)
Bruceton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Snider is a ghost town in Carroll County, Tennessee. It is one of 5 former communities in Carroll County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 51st among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Snider as a historical populated place on the Bruceton topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.0598° N, 88.2375° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBruceton
Elevation411 ft
Nearest living townBruceton, TN
Distance to it1.8 miles
GNIS feature ID1311771
Coordinates36.05978, -88.23754

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What's there now

Snider is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bruceton, TN (population 1,363), about 1.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 411 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Snider?

Snider is in Carroll County, Tennessee, at 36.0598, -88.2375.

How many ghost towns are in Carroll County?

Carroll County, Tennessee has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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