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History · Snyder

Snyder’s post office opened in 1882, and 70% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1951 on.

1882first post office
0on the National Register
70%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Snyder began

When was Snyder founded?

1882

The Snyder post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 136144 years
Founding year: the first Snyder post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Snyder’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Snyder are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Snyder’s history is told.

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The story

How Snyder came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Snyder.

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The town is named after John Wesley Snyder (1837-1922), a pioneer rancher.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Snyder, 1882 to 1951

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Snyder post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1920Born hereEdward W. Estlow is born here
  5. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Snyder on the map, 1951 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Snyder. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Snyder on the 1951 USGS mapSnyder on the 1984 USGS map1951Brush East sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Snyder.

Questions about Snyder’s history

What year was Snyder founded?

The Snyder post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.