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Welcome to Shinn ...

Shinn is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shinn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Shinn is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Shinn: 217 & 447<3>

Communities Also Named Shinn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Shinn - they are located in California, Kansas and Ohio.

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

Communities near Shinn ...

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

  • Hannibal
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Hannibal is located in Marion County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,246 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hannibal <4>
  • Pittsfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Louisiana
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Barry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • New London
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Payson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Liberty
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • New Canton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • New Canton is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
  • Frankford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Plainville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shinn ...

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

Adding Shinn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shinn 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 Shinn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Shinn post office opened in 1880. The Shinn post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shinn.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shinn - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Shinn area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Shinn area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/