Do you know of Shirley ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Shirley. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Shirley.
Our sources for Shirley (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Shirley other than they indicate that Shirley would be found somewhere in Saguache County, Colorado.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1881 and closed in 1882.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Shirley ...
We found 36 communities that share the name Shirley.
There are two communities within Colorado that are also named Shirley.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 34 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Colorado ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Covington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Shirley [Covington County].
- Tuscaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Shirley [Tuscaloosa County].
- Arkansas
- Van Buren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Shirley [Van Buren County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Shirley.
- California
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Shirley [Hancock County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Cloud County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Shirley [Cloud County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Avoyelles Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Shirley [Avoyelles Parish].
- Maine
- Piscataquis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Shirley [Piscataquis County].
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Shirley [Middlesex County].
- Suffolk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Shirley [Suffolk County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Shirley [Polk County].
- Missouri
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Shirley [Washington County].
- Montana
- Custer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Shirley [Custer County].
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- Salem County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Shirley [Salem County].
- New York
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Shirley [Huntingdon County].
- Westmoreland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Shirley [Westmoreland County].
- South Carolina
- Hampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Shirley [Hampton County].
- Tennessee
- Fentress County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Shirley [Fentress County].
- Texas
- Hopkins County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Shirley [Hopkins County].
- Virginia
- Charles City County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Shirley [Charles City County].
- West Virginia
- Tyler County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Shirley [Tyler County].
- Wisconsin
- Brown County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Shirley [Brown County].
- Wyoming
- Carbon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Shirley [Carbon County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shirley ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Shirley:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Shirley - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Saguache County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Saguache County.
| Buxton | Marshall Pass |
| Claytonia | Orient |
| Cuenin | |
| Pocono | |
| Davenport | Poncha Pass |
| Dune | |
| Round Hill | |
| Elko | |
| San Isabel | |
| Garibaldi | Shawano |
| Swede Corners | |
| Hillden | |
| Hot Springs | Veteran |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Shirley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |