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Welcome to Shilling ...

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

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

Shilling would have been located within present day Morgan County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shilling, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Shilling is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Shilling was located: 740 & 220<4>

Communities Also Named Shilling ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Shilling - they are located in California and Georgia.

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

Communities near Shilling ...

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

  • Athens
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Nelsonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • New Lexington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Crooksville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Roseville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Glouster
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • McConnelsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Beverly
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Chauncey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Chauncey is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
  • Junction City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Shilling to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shilling in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Shilling was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Shilling post office opened in 1897. The Shilling post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shilling.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Shilling, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Morgan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shilling - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Shilling area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Shilling area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/