Welcome to Shirley ...

Shirley is located in Brown County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shirley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Shirley is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Shirley: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Shirley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Shirley - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, British Columbia, California (2), Colorado (3), Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (2), Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Shirley ...

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

• Green Bay
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Green Bay is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
• De Pere
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • De Pere is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
• Howard
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Howard is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
• Ashwaubenon
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
• Kaukauna
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
• Bellevue
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bellevue is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
• Allouez
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Allouez is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
• Suamico
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Suamico is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
• Little Chute
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
• Hobart
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hobart is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 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 Shirley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shirley.

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

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

Adding Shirley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shirley 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 Shirley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Shirley post office opened in 1895. The Shirley post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shirley.