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Welcome to Sherman ...

So far, we found very little information about Sherman. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sherman to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sherman, please Contact Us.


Sherman was located on Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (central Washington state).

Sherman would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>.


The location of Sherman has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Sherman, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sherman is 2,400 feet [732 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Sherman is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Sherman was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Sherman still existed, it would have been in the (509) area code.

Communities Also Named Sherman ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 46 communities that are also named Sherman - they are located in Alabama (2), Alaska, California, Colorado (2), Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (9), Kentucky, Maine (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio (4), Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Sherman ...

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

  • Coulee Dam
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Grand Coulee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Wilbur
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Almira
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Creston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Seven Bays
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Bays
    • Seven Bays is located in Lincoln County
  • Deer Meadows
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Meadows
    • Deer Meadows is located in Lincoln County
  • Fort Spokane
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spokane
    • Fort Spokane is located in Lincoln County
  • Miles
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
    • Miles is located in Lincoln County
  • Keller
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Sherman to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sherman post office opened in 1884.

We also found Sherman in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sherman.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sherman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sherman - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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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