Welcome to Shumway ...Shumway is located in Lassen County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Shumway, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. Shumway is 5,070 feet [1,545 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Shumway is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Shumway lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Shumway: 530 & 837<3> Communities Also Named Shumway ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Shumway - they are located in Arizona and Illinois. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shumway. Communities near Shumway ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shumway.
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 Shumway. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shumway. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shumway. 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 Shumway. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shumway. See our Newspapers Page for Shumway. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shumway ...Looking for more information about Shumway? 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 Shumway, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Shumway. Adding Shumway to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Shumway 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 Shumway was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Shumway. Footnotes ...
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