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Welcome to Shawtown ...

Shawtown is located in Eau Claire County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shawtown, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Shawtown is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Shawtown: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Shawtown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Shawtown - they are located in Alabama, Delaware, North Carolina, Ohio (2) and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Shawtown ...

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

  • Menomonie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Chippewa Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Altoona
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
  • Lake Hallie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hallie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
  • Mondovi
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Fall Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
  • Colfax
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Colfax is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
  • Strum
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Elk Mound
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
  • Eleva
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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

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

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

Adding Shawtown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shawtown 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 Shawtown was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shawtown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Eau Claire, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shawtown - 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Shawtown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Shawtown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).