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Welcome to Sherack ...

Sherack is located in Polk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sherack, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Sherack is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sherack lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Sherack: 218

Communities near Sherack ...

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

  • Grand Forks
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • East Grand Forks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Crookston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Warren
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Fisher
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Fisher is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
  • Manvel
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Manvel is located in Grand Forks County (ND)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manvel <3>
  • Alvarado
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Alvarado is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
  • Euclid
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Euclid is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
  • Mallory
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mallory is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
  • Shirley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Shirley is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sherack ...

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

Adding Sherack to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sherack post office opened in 1901. The Sherack post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sherack.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sherack - 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/