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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
  • Sparta is located in Monroe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
• Tomah
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tomah have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
  • Tomah is located in Monroe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
• Black River Falls
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
  • Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
• Rockland
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Rockland is located in La Crosse County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
• Merrillan
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrillan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillan
  • Merrillan is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
• Alma Center
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
  • Alma Center is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
• Melrose
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Melrose is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
• Taylor
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Taylor is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
• Hixton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
  • Hixton is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
• Warrens
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warrens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrens
  • Warrens is located in Monroe County
  • 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 for Shamrock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

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

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shamrock.