Welcome to Shady Brook ...

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

We've added Shady Brook to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Shady Brook - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Shady Brook, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Shady Brook , we believe that it would have been located within present day Linn County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shady Brook, you might consider that their post office opened in 1863.

A typical abbreviation for Shady Brook: Shady Brk.

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

Communities Also Named Shady Brook ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Shady Brook - they are located in Alabama, Kansas, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Adding Shady Brook to Our Gazetteer ...

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shady Brook.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Linn County: www.co.linn.ia.us/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

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 Shady Brook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Linn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/