Do you know of Shaw ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Shaw. 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 Shaw.
Our sources for Shaw (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 Shaw other than they indicate that Shaw would be found somewhere in Lee County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1875 and closed in 1904.
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 Shaw ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Shaw.
There are two communities within Illinois that are also named Shaw.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson 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 Shaw [Jefferson County].
- Lauderdale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Shaw [Lauderdale County].
- Pickens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Shaw [Pickens County].
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Shaw [Lincoln County].
- Kansas
- Neosho County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Shaw [Neosho County].
- Kentucky
- Carlisle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Shaw [Carlisle County].
- Louisiana
- Concordia Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Shaw [Concordia Parish].
- Grant Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Shaw [Grant Parish].
- Iberia Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Shaw [Iberia Parish].
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Shaw [Saint Louis County].
- Mississippi
- Bolivar County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Shaw [Bolivar County].
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Shaw [Cumberland County].
- Oregon
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Shaw [Marion County].
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Shaw [Clay County].
- Tennessee
- Haywood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Shaw [Haywood County].
- Williamson 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 Tennessee community of Shaw [Williamson County].
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Mineral County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Shaw [Mineral County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shaw ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Shaw:
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 Shaw - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Lee 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 Lee County.
| Brookfield | |
| Bureau Siding | Ovid |
| Carnahan | Paw Paw Grove |
| China | |
| Scottsville | |
| Early Dawn | South Willow Creek |
| Steward Junction | |
| Gap Grove | Stone |
| Swissville | |
| May Hill | |
| Willow Creek | |
| North Dixon |
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Shaw 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/ |