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Welcome to Sigsbee ...

Sigsbee is located in Shelby County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sigsbee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Sigsbee is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Sigsbee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Sigsbee - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Sigsbee ...

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

  • Palmyra
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Monroe City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Shelbina
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • La Belle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Lewistown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Shelbyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
  • Ewing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Knox City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hunnewell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Hunnewell is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
  • Novelty
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sigsbee ...

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

Adding Sigsbee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sigsbee post office opened in 1898. The Sigsbee post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sigsbee.

Footnotes ...

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