Do you know of Shelly ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Shelly. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Shelly.

Our sources for Shelly (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Shelly other than they indicate that Shelly would be found somewhere in Washita County, Oklahoma.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1892 and closed  in 1906.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Shelly ...

We found four communities that share the name Shelly.

Within Oklahoma, the name Shelly is unique.

Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Thomas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Shelly [Thomas County].
  • Minnesota
    • Norman County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Shelly [Norman County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Bucks County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Shelly [Bucks County].
  • South Carolina
    • Horry County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Shelly [Horry County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shelly ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Shelly:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Found a mention of Shelly, but no details.

More Orphans in  Washita County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Washita County.

Burns
	Portland
Combs
	Redwood
Dill
	Salem
Hefner	Scheidel
	Seger
Korn
	Wood
Moonan