Clog Heroes, Your Snell, VA Plumber at the Po River Crossing
When a drain or pipe needs work in Snell, Spotsylvania County, Clog Heroes can help. Snell is a hamlet built around one odd intersection. Courthouse Road, SR 208 Business, turns north there at an angle, meeting Partlow Road and Morris Road.
From Snell the road crosses the Po River at Snells Bridge on its way to Spotsylvania Courthouse. The whole of SR 208 Business runs just 7.09 miles.
Clog Heroes technicians cross that bridge too. You approve the written price before they touch anything.
158 Acres at $3 an Acre: The Snell Training School
In 1910 the Spotsylvania Sunday School Union bought a 158-acre tract at Snell, at $3 an acre, to build a school for Black students. They called it the Snell Training School.
Its first classroom opened in fall 1913 for 47 students in grades 1 through 7. The main building was finished in 1922 for $7,500.
A Virginia historical marker approved for 7565 Courthouse Road records that for decades it was the county's only public high school for Black students. The school took John J. Wright's name in 1940, was rebuilt in 1952 and became the John J. Wright Educational and Cultural Center in 2008.
See it for yourself. The John J. Wright Museum at 7565 Courthouse Road is free and opens Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Light on the Way to Lake Anna
Lake Anna regulars know Snell by its traffic light. State park directions run west on Route 606 from I-95 exit 118 at Thornburg, then through the light at Snell onto Route 208.
The intersection has plans of its own. The county's thoroughfare plan lists Courthouse Road at Morris Road at Snell for widening to three 12-foot lanes.