Welcome to Shanghai ...Shanghai is located in Howard County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Shanghai, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858. Shanghai is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Shanghai lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Shanghai: 765 Communities Also Named Shanghai ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Shanghai - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Missouri (2), North Carolina (2), Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shanghai. Communities near Shanghai ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shanghai.
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 Shanghai. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shanghai. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shanghai. 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 Shanghai. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shanghai. See our Newspapers Page for Shanghai. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shanghai ...Looking for more information about Shanghai? 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 Shanghai, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Shanghai. Adding Shanghai to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Shanghai 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 for Shanghai was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Shanghai in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Shanghai. Footnotes ...
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