Welcome to Shopton ...Shopton is located in Bullock County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Shopton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. Shopton is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Shopton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Shopton (for example, toward Sanford (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Shopton: 334 & 483<3> Communities Also Named Shopton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Shopton - they are located in Arkansas, North Carolina and Oklahoma. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shopton. Communities near Shopton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shopton.
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 Shopton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shopton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shopton. 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 Shopton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shopton. See our Newspapers Page for Shopton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shopton ...Looking for more information about Shopton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Shopton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Shopton. Adding Shopton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Shopton 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 (so far) for Shopton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Shopton. Footnotes ...
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