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Do you know of Shaw ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Shaw. 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 Shaw.<1>

Our sources for Shaw (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 Shaw other than they indicate that Shaw would be found somewhere in Williamson County, Tennessee.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1881 and closed  in 1895.

Communities Also Named Shaw ...

We found 28 communities that share the name Shaw.

There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Shaw.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Haywood County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Shaw [Haywood County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Shaw [Jefferson County].
      • Lauderdale County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Shaw [Lauderdale County].
      • Pickens County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Shaw [Pickens County].
    • Arkansas
      • Craighead County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Shaw [Craighead County].
      • Saline County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Shaw [Saline County].
    • Colorado
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Shaw [Lincoln County].
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Shaw [Lake County].
      • Lee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Shaw [Lee County].
      • Warren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Shaw [Warren County].
    • Kansas
      • Neosho County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Shaw [Neosho County].
    • Kentucky
      • Carlisle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Shaw [Carlisle County].
    • Louisiana
      • Concordia Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Shaw [Concordia Parish].
      • Grant Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Shaw [Grant Parish].
      • Iberia Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Shaw [Iberia Parish].
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Shaw [Aroostook County].
    • Michigan
      • Muskegon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Shaw [Muskegon County].
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Shaw [Saint Louis County].
    • Mississippi
      • Bolivar County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Shaw [Bolivar County].
    • Missouri
      • Boone County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Shaw [Boone County].
      • Saint Louis City
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Shaw [Saint Louis City].
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Shaw [Cumberland County].
    • Oregon
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Shaw [Marion County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Crawford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Shaw [Crawford County].
    • South Dakota
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Shaw [Clay County].
    • Texas
      • Bowie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Shaw [Bowie County].
      • Terrell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Shaw [Terrell County].
    • West Virginia
      • Mineral County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Shaw [Mineral County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shaw ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Shaw - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Williamson 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 Williamson County.

Amos 
 Mallorys
BarrenMount Nebo
Basin Spring 
Battlefield JunctionOwen Hill
Battlefield 
Bending ChestnutPaschall
BonbrookPinckney
  
Camp MarymountReed's Store
CarlRiggs
ChristianaRock Hill
Cross Keys 
 South Harpeth
Ewell's 
 Thompsons
Fernville 
 Union Valley
Good Spring 
 Wilco
Jingo 

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Shaw could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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