Welcome to Shamrock ...

Shamrock is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shamrock, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Shamrock is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Shamrock ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Shamrock - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (5), Prince Edward Island (2), Saskatchewan, Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Shamrock ...

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

• Sparta
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Sparta is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
• Tomah
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Tomah is located in Monroe County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
• Black River Falls
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
• Rockland
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Rockland is located in La Crosse County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
• Merrillan
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Merrillan is located in Jackson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
• Alma Center
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Alma Center is located in Jackson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
• Melrose
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Melrose is located in Jackson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
• Taylor
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Taylor is located in Jackson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
• Hixton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hixton is located in Jackson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
• Warrens
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Warrens is located in Monroe County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people

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

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

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

Adding Shamrock to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shamrock 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 Shamrock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Shamrock post office opened in 1881. The Shamrock post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shamrock.