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 (ie- 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 altitude 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

Sherman would have been located 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulee Dam
  • Coulee Dam is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,083 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coulee Dam <5>
• Grand Coulee
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Coulee
  • Grand Coulee is located in Grant County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,050 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Coulee <5>
• Wilbur
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
  • Wilbur is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilbur <5>
• Almira
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
  • Almira is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Almira <5>
• Creston
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
  • Creston is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creston <5>
• 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
  • Keller is located in Ferry County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keller <5>

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.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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