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Welcome to Shibley ...

Shibley is located in Crawford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shibley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Shibley is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Shibley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Shibley: 479

Communities near Shibley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shibley.

  • Fort Smith
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Van Buren
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,396 people
  • Alma
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Alma is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,887 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <3>
  • Barling
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pocola
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pocola is located in Le Flore County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,153 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocola <3>
  • Roland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Roland is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,020 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roland <3>
  • Muldrow
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Muldrow is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muldrow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muldrow <3>
  • Charleston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lavaca
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lavaca is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lavaca <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shibley ...

Looking for more information about Shibley? 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 Shibley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Shibley.

Adding Shibley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shibley 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 Shibley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Shibley post office opened in 1895. The Shibley post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shibley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Crawford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shibley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/