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Welcome to Shaw Island ...

Shaw Island is located on Shaw Island.

Shaw Island is located in San Juan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shaw Island, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

A typical abbreviation for Shaw Island: Shaw Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Shaw Island is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Shaw Island lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Shaw Island: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Shaw Island ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Shaw Island - it's located in Nova Scotia.

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

Communities near Shaw Island ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shaw Island ...

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

Adding Shaw Island to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shaw Island 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 for Shaw Island was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Shaw Island post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shaw Island.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shaw Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Juan County: www.co.san-juan.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including San Juan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shaw Island - 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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Shaw Island area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Shaw Island area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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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