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Welcome to Shaytown ...

Shaytown is located in Eaton County<1>.

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

Shaytown is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Shaytown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Shaytown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Shaytown - they are located in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Shaytown ...

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

  • Charlotte
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Grand Ledge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hastings
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Portland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Potterville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Odessa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Olivet
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Nashville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Saranac
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Bellevue
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shaytown ...

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

Adding Shaytown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shaytown 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 Shaytown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shaytown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Eaton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shaytown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/