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Snowdoun is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States. Snowdoun is located on U.S. Highway 331 9.5 miles (15.3 km) south of Montgomery.

Snowdoun, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°14′30″N 86°17′47″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Montgomery
Elevation	282 ft (86 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	334
GNIS feature ID	127083[1]

History

Snowdoun was named by William Falconer in honor of Mount Snowdon in Wales.[2] A post office operated under the name Snowdoun from 1859 to 1957.[3] Snowdoun is located along the route of the Federal Road.[4]

Snowdoun was formerly connected to Montgomery by the Montgomery Southern Railway, a narrow gauge railway.[5]

William Bartram camped near Snowdoun on his expedition through the southern colonies.[6]

References

"Snowdoun". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 129. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
"Montgomery County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
Braund, Kathryn; Waselkov, Gregory; Christopher, Raven (2019). The Old Federal Road in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-8173-5930-0.
George Woodman Hilton (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford University Press. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-8047-1731-1.
Bartram Trail Conference (1979). Bartram Heritage. Brad Sanders. p. 134. GGKEY:LPJW3TZ54Y4.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Alabama, United States
County seat: Montgomery
Cities	Montgomery	Map of Alabama highlighting Montgomery County
Towns	Pike Road
Unincorporated communities	Ada Boylston Cecil Currys Dublin Grady Hope Hull Lapine‡ Le Grand Mathews McDade Mount Meigs Pine Level Pintlala Ramer Red Level Snowdoun Waugh
Indian reservation	Poarch Creek Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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