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Welcome to Shipp ...

Shipp is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Shipp is located in Baxter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shipp, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Shipp is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Shipp: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Shipp ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Shipp - they are located in California, Louisiana and Ohio.

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

Communities near Shipp ...

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

  • Mountain Home
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Gassville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bull Shoals
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Calico Rock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Flippin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Yellville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Cotter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakeview
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Summit
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Summit is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
  • Norfork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shipp ...

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

Adding Shipp to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shipp 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 Shipp was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Shipp post office opened in 1909. The Shipp post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shipp.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Baxter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shipp - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Shipp area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Shipp area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/