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Welcome to Shockeys ...So far, we found very little information about Shockeys. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Shockeys to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Shockeys, please Contact Us. Shockeys would have been located within present day Washington County<2>. The location of Shockeys has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Shockeys, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911. While the community is gone, the present day location for Shockeys is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Shockeys was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Shockeys would have been located in the (301) & (240)<5> area codes. Communities near Shockeys ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shockeys.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Shockeys. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shockeys. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shockeys. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shockeys. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shockeys. See our Newspapers Page for Shockeys. Adding Shockeys to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Shockeys in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Shockeys was on a map titled Map of Maryland (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Shockeys. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Washington County: www.washco-md.net/ The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/ Footnotes ...
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