Welcome to Shafer ...The city of Shafer is located in Chisago County<1>. The pronunciation of Shafer: SHAY-fer<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Shafer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Shafer has a population of 1,119 people<3> (see below for details). Shafer is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Shafer lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Shafer: 651 The ZIP code for Shafer: 55074<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Shafer had an population of 1,119 people. This is an increase of 7.08% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 226.24% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Shafer had a population of 1,045 people. This makes Shafer the county's 8th most populous community. The population of Shafer represents 0.02% of the population of Minnesota (which has 5,303,925 people), making it the state's 354th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,045 people, the population of Shafer increased 204.66% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 343 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Shafer. Communities Also Named Shafer ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Shafer - it's located in West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shafer. Websites for Shafer ...Official Website: www.shafermn.com/ Communities near Shafer ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shafer.
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 Shafer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shafer. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shafer. 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 Shafer. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shafer. See our Newspapers Page for Shafer. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shafer ...Looking for more information about Shafer? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Shafer, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Shafer. Adding Shafer to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Shafer 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 Shafer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Shafer. Footnotes ...
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