The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗First settled in 1839, what is now Snead began to expand in the 1850s when local businessman G.W. White built a gristmill on the nearby Black Warrior River. The town is named for John Snead, who became its first postmaster in 1882 (Snead State Community College in nearby Boaz is also named for John Snead). The Town of Snead incorporated in 1966.
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Start Snead’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Snead’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Snead, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Snead is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Snead has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Horton Mill Covered Bridge in Rosa, 7.7 miles away.
Snead and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.