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Welcome to Shirley ...

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

We've added Shirley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Shirley, please Contact Us.

Shirley would have been located within present day Avoyelles Parish<2>.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Shirley is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Shirley was located: 318 & 457<4>

Communities Also Named Shirley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Shirley - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, British Columbia, California (2), Colorado (3), Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (2), Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Shirley ...

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

  • Marksville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cottonport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pine Prairie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Mansura
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lecompte
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Moreauville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Hessmer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cheneyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Turkey Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

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 Shirley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Avoyelles, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shirley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Shirley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Shirley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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