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Welcome to Shad ...

So far, we found very little information about Shad. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Shad to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Shad, please Contact Us.


Shad would have been located within present day Roane County<2>.


The location of Shad has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Shad, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1899.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Shad is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Shad was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Shad would have been located in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Communities near Shad ...

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

  • Spencer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Clendenin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Reedy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reedy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
    • Reedy is located in Roane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
  • Roxalana
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
    • Roxalana is located in Roane County
  • Zona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
    • Zona is located in Roane County
  • Cicerone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone
    • Cicerone is located in Roane County
  • Flint Town
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
    • Flint Town is located in Roane County
  • Island Branch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch
    • Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
  • Kentuck
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
    • Kentuck is located in Jackson County
  • Pigeon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
    • Pigeon is located in Roane County

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

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

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

Adding Shad to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shad in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Shad was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Shad post office opened in 1899.

We also found Shad on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shad.

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Shad, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Roane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shad - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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