Welcome to Sherman City ...

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

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

Sherman City would have been located within present day Isabella County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sherman City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1871.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sherman City is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Sherman City was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Sherman City was located: 989

Communities near Sherman City ...

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

• Mount Pleasant
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Isabella County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,274 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Mount Pleasant
  • From Sherman City to Mount Pleasant
• Clare
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
  • Clare is located in Clare County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,053 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clare <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Clare
  • From Sherman City to Clare
• Evart
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evart have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evart
  • Evart is located in Osceola County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,886 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evart <4>
• Lake Isabella
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Isabella
  • Lake Isabella is located in Isabella County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,688 people
  • Lake Isabella has also been known as:
  • Lake Isabella village
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lake Isabella
  • From Sherman City to Lake Isabella
• Farwell
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
  • Farwell is located in Clare County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 870 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farwell <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Farwell
  • From Sherman City to Farwell
• Mecosta
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mecosta have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecosta
  • Mecosta is located in Mecosta County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mecosta <4>
• Rosebush
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebush
  • Rosebush is located in Isabella County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosebush <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Rosebush
  • From Sherman City to Rosebush
• Barryton
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barryton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barryton
  • Barryton is located in Mecosta County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 357 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barryton <4>
• Brinton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinton
  • Brinton is located in Isabella County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Brinton
  • From Sherman City to Brinton
• Weidman
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weidman have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weidman
  • Weidman is located in Isabella County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weidman <4>

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

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

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

Adding Sherman City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sherman City 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 Sherman City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Sherman City post office opened in 1871.

We also found Sherman City in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sherman City.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Isabella County: www.isabellacounty.org/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/