Welcome to Shennington ...
Shennington is located in Monroe County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Shennington, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.
Shennington is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Shennington lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Shennington: 608 & 353<3>
Communities near Shennington ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shennington.
- Tomah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tomah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
- Mauston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mauston is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
- New Lisbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elroy is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Necedah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Camp Douglas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wilton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Kendall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Warrens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Warrens is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Oakdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Shennington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shennington.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shennington. 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 Shennington.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shennington. See our Newspapers Page for Shennington.
Adding Shennington to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Shennington 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 Shennington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Shennington post office opened in 1893. The Shennington post office closed in 1933.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Shennington.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shennington - 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 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Shennington area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Shennington area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |