Snyder, Texas

Snyder is a city in Scurry County, Texas, United States. The population was 10,783 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Scurry County and is located on Deep Creek, a minor tributary of the Colorado River. Snyder is approximately ninety miles south of Lubbock.

Snyder is home of the Scurry County Coliseum, a large meeting hall which hosts many area events. Including the annual Man Up, Sheep Down festival the last week in July.

It should first be noted that actor, Powers Boothe, is from Snyder.

Powers is most known for his 1980 Emmy award winning portrayal of Jim Jones. He's also been, among other things, the vice president on 24 and the voice of Major bridges on the video game, Area 51, and most recently a narrator for a John McCain TV campaign spot.

There is a huge museum dedicated to the life and fame of Powers Boothe.

Snyder is a town that is bigger than it's britches, which is fitting because most of its residents are too. Out of the little more than 10,000 people who live there I'd say 9500 are too heavy. The tower pictured below is not full of water, but of mayonnaise.


If you look close you can see a worn path where the townspeople line up for daily feedings.

But, it's not all bad in Snyder. They have a beautiful park downtown where you can sit and hang out with the locals. Kick back and enjoy a lemonade on the old wooden bench in front of Biggie's Lemonade and Such, and enjoy a truly rare version Texas hospitality.

They got a great whorehouse, too, from what I hear.

Just down the road, The Country View R.V. Park (seriously check out this site),is where the night life action heats up. If you've never boogied down to "Jump", around the the back side of a double-wide while pounding shots of Chablis under the Texas moon, well you probably don't need penicillin.

Anyway, I guess Snyder is fine for a town in north central Texas.