Welcome to Shamrock ...The city of Shamrock is located in the Texas Panhandle. Shamrock is located in Wheeler County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Shamrock, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Shamrock has a population of 1,753 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Shamrock is 2,330 feet [710 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Shamrock is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Shamrock lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Shamrock: 806 The ZIP code for Shamrock: 79079<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Shamrock had an population of 1,753 people. This is a decrease of 8.22% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 13.6% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Shamrock had a population of 1,910 people (which is 35.46% of the total population of Wheeler County). This makes Shamrock the county's most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,910 people, the population of Shamrock decreased 5.86% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,029 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Shamrock. Communities Also Named Shamrock ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Shamrock: This one is located in Wheeler County and the other is located in Dallas County. Beyond Texas, there are 32 communities that are also named Shamrock - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (5), Prince Edward Island (2), Saskatchewan, Utah, Virginia (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shamrock. Communities near Shamrock ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shamrock.
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 Shamrock. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shamrock. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shamrock. 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 Shamrock. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shamrock. See our Newspapers Page for Shamrock. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shamrock ...Looking for more information about Shamrock? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Shamrock, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Shamrock. Adding Shamrock to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Shamrock 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 Shamrock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Shamrock. Footnotes ...
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