Welcome to Shepley ...

Shepley is located in Shawano County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shepley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Shepley is 1,170 feet [357 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Shepley ...

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

• Antigo
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Antigo is located in Langlade County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
• Marion
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Marion is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
• Wittenberg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
• Birnamwood
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
• Tigerton
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Tigerton is located in Shawano County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
• Hatley
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hatley is located in Marathon County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
• Gresham
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Gresham is located in Shawano County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
• Rosholt
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Rosholt is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
• Mattoon
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mattoon is located in Shawano County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
• Bowler
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bowler is located in Shawano County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 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 Shepley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shepley.

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

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

Adding Shepley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Shepley post office opened in 1907. The Shepley post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shepley.