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Welcome to Shifflet Corner ...

Shifflet Corner is located in Madison County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Shifflet Corner: Shifflet Cor. (or less commonly used: Shifflet Crn.)

Shifflet Corner is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Shifflet Corner lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Shifflet Corner: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Shifflet Corner ...

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

  • Culpeper
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Orange
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Elkton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <4>
  • Gordonsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Stanardsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Madison
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Burnt Tree
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
  • Wolftown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ruth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ruth is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shifflet Corner ...

Looking for more information about Shifflet Corner? 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 Shifflet Corner, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Shifflet Corner.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shifflet Corner - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Shifflet Corner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Shifflet Corner area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.