Welcome to Shawville ...

So far, we found very little information about Shawville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Shawville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Shawville, please Contact Us.

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Shawville would have been located within present day Lorain County<2>.

The location of Shawville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shawville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Shawville is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Shawville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Shawville once stood is in the (440) area code.

Websites for Shawville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.loraincountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Shawville, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Shawville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Shawville - they are located in Indiana, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Texas and Vermont.

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

Communities near Shawville ...

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

• Cleveland
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
  • Cleveland is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 378,589 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleveland <5>
• Parma
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
  • Parma is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,558 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <5>
• Lorain
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorain
  • Lorain is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 63,872 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lorain <5>
• Elyria
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
  • Elyria is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,873 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elyria <5>
• Lakewood
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
  • Lakewood is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,350 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakewood <5>
• Strongsville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongsville
  • Strongsville is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,481 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strongsville <5>
• Brunswick
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brunswick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
  • Brunswick is located in Medina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,052 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brunswick <5>
• Westlake
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westlake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
  • Westlake is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,907 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westlake <5>
• North Olmsted
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Olmsted have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Olmsted
  • North Olmsted is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,173 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Olmsted <5>
• North Royalton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Royalton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Royalton
  • North Royalton is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,952 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Royalton <5>

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

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

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

Adding Shawville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shawville 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 Shawville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Shawville post office opened in 1874.

We also found Shawville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shawville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lorain County: www.loraincounty.us

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/