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Welcome to Shippee ...

Shippee is located in Red Willow County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shippee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Shippee is 2,420 feet [738 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Shippee is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Shippee: 308

Communities Also Named Shippee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Shippee - it's located in California.

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

Communities near Shippee ...

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

  • Cambridge
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Indianola
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bartley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Holbrook
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Norcatur
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Norcatur is located in Decatur County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcatur
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
  • Danbury
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Wilsonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lebanon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hendley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lyle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lyle is located in Decatur County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyle

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shippee ...

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

Adding Shippee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Shippee post office opened in 1913. The Shippee post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shippee.

Footnotes ...

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