Welcome to Shortville ...

Shortville is located in Clark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shortville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Shortville is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Shortville: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Shortville ...

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

• Neillsville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Neillsville is located in Clark County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
• Loyal
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Loyal is located in Clark County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
• Greenwood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Greenwood is located in Clark County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
• Pittsville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Pittsville is located in Wood County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
• Merrillan
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Merrillan is located in Jackson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
• Alma Center
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Alma Center is located in Jackson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
• Granton
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Granton is located in Clark County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
• Lynxville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Lynxville is located in Crawford County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
• Pray
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pray is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
• Hatfield
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hatfield is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield

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

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

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

Adding Shortville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Shortville post office opened in 1880. The Shortville post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shortville.