Welcome to Shire ...

Shire is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Shire is located in Rusk County<1>.

Time Zone: Shire lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Shire: 903 & 430<2>

Communities Also Named Shire ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Shire - it's located in Louisiana.

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

Footnotes ...

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If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Rusk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

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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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Shire area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Shire area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).