Welcome to Sherwood ...

So far, we found very little information about Sherwood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sherwood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sherwood, please Contact Us.

Sherwood was located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).

Sherwood would have been located within present day Irion County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sherwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sherwood is 2,170 feet [661 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Sherwood is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Sherwood was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Sherwood would have been located in the (325) area code.

Communities Also Named Sherwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Sherwood: This one is located in Irion County and the other is located in Brazoria County.

Beyond Texas, there are 54 communities that are also named Sherwood - they are located in Alabama (3), Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (3), Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sherwood.

Communities near Sherwood ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Sherwood.

• Knickerbocker
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knickerbocker
  • Knickerbocker is located in Tom Green County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knickerbocker <4>
• Christoval
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christoval
  • Christoval is located in Tom Green County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christoval <4>
• Barnhart
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart
  • Barnhart is located in Irion County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnhart <4>
• Carlsbad
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlsbad have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlsbad
  • Carlsbad is located in Tom Green County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlsbad <4>
• San Angelo
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Angelo
  • San Angelo is located in Tom Green County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,612 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Angelo <4>
• Grape Creek
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grape Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
  • Grape Creek is located in Tom Green County
• Water Valley
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
  • Water Valley is located in Tom Green County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Water Valley <4>

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 Sherwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sherwood.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sherwood. 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 Sherwood.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherwood. See our Newspapers Page for Sherwood.

Adding Sherwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sherwood in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sherwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sherwood post office opened in 1881.

We also found Sherwood in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sherwood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/