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Welcome to Shestak ...

Shestak is located in Saline County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shestak, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

Shestak is 1,330 feet [405 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Shestak: 402 & 531<3>

Communities near Shestak ...

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

  • Crete
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hickman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Milford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Wilber
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Friend
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Firth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firth
    • Firth is located in Lancaster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Firth <4>
  • Dorchester
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • De Witt
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Cortland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Plymouth
    (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 Shestak. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shestak.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shestak ...

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

Adding Shestak to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shestak 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 Shestak was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Shestak post office opened in 1893.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shestak.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Saline, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shestak - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the Shestak area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Shestak area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/