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Welcome to Shiloh ...

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

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


Shiloh was located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Shiloh would have been located within present day Cleburne County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shiloh, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Shiloh is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Shiloh was located: 501

Communities Also Named Shiloh ...

While we believe that this Shiloh is located in Cleburne County, we know of another 9 Arkansas communities named Shiloh. Those communities are located in the following counties: Columbia, Drew, Howard, Lafayette, Newton, Pope, Pulaski, Saint Francis and Scott County.

Beyond Arkansas, there are 101 communities that are also named Shiloh - they are located in Alabama (7), California, Florida (3), Georgia (6), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (3), Maine, Maryland (3), Michigan, Mississippi (4), Missouri, New Jersey (2), North Carolina (5), Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (7), South Dakota, Tennessee (11), Texas (10), Utah, Virginia (6) and West Virginia (3).

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

Communities near Shiloh ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Shiloh to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shiloh 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 (so far) for Shiloh was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Shiloh post office opened in 1871. The Shiloh post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shiloh.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Shiloh, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Cleburne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shiloh - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/