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Welcome to Shady Oak ...

Shady Oak is located in Webster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shady Oak, you might consider that their post office opened in 1926.

Shady Oak is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Shady Oak: 515

Communities Also Named Shady Oak ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Shady Oak - they are located in Mississippi and Virginia.

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

Communities near Shady Oak ...

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

  • Webster City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Humboldt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Eagle Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Manson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Gowrie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Dakota City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Dayton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Stratford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Badger
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Lehigh
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shady Oak ...

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

Adding Shady Oak to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shady Oak 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 Shady Oak was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Shady Oak post office opened in 1926. The Shady Oak post office closed in 1927.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Webster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shady Oak - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/