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Welcome to Short ...

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

Short is located in Shelby County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Short, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Short is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Short: 936

Communities Also Named Short ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Short - they are located in Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Virginia.

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

Communities near Short ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Short ...

Looking for more information about Short? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Short, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Short.

Adding Short to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Short 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 Short was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Short.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Shelby, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Short - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.