Country United States County Brazoria ZIP codes 77515 Elevation 9.1 m Local time Friday 7:11 PM | State Texas Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) GNIS feature ID 1380567 Zip code 77515 Area code 979 | |
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Snipe is an unincorporated community in central Brazoria County, Texas, United States. It was formerly a distinct community. The location of Snipe is 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Angleton on the Union Pacific Railroad and Oyster Creek. Raymond Weems, Snipe's first postmaster, named Snipe after a facetious reference made about the place by his father's hunting partner.
Map of Snipe, Texas 77515, USA
A post office operated in Snipe from 1921 to 1949; the post office served the Retrieve Prison Farm (now the Wayne Scott Unit).
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Snipe, Texas Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA