Welcome to Shell Rock (aka 'Shell Rock Falls') ...

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

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

While we don't have the exact location of Shell Rock <3>, we believe that it would have been located within present day Greenwood County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shell Rock, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

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

The location where Shell Rock once stood is in the (620) area code.

The community of Shell Rock has also been called Shell Rock Falls.

Communities Also Named Shell Rock ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Shell Rock - it's located in Iowa.

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

Adding Shell Rock to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Shell Rock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Shell Rock post office opened in 1873.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shell Rock.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.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 Shell Rock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Greenwood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	Shell Rock is also known as Shell Rock Falls. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Shell Rock.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/