Shields was laid out in 1866 by L. L. and William H. Shields, and named for them.[3] A post office was established at Shields in 1866, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.[4]
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^ abU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shields, Indiana
shields, indiana, shields, unincorporated, community, hamilton, township, jackson, county, indiana, unincorporated, communityshieldsshow, indianashieldsshow, united, statescoordinates, 91583, 00333, 91583, 00333countryunited, statesstateindianacountyjacksontow. Shields is an unincorporated community in Hamilton Township Jackson County Indiana Shields IndianaUnincorporated communityShieldsShow map of IndianaShieldsShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 38 54 57 N 86 00 12 W 38 91583 N 86 00333 W 38 91583 86 00333CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyJacksonTownshipHamiltonElevation 1 551 ft 168 m ZIP code47274FIPS code18 69444 2 GNIS feature ID443375 1 History editShields was laid out in 1866 by L L and William H Shields and named for them 3 A post office was established at Shields in 1866 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904 4 References edit a b U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Shields Indiana U S Census website United States Census Bureau Retrieved January 31 2008 History of Jackson County Indiana From the Earliest Time to the Present Unigraphic 1886 p 369 Jackson County Jim Forte Postal History a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty url help nbsp This Jackson County Indiana location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shields Indiana amp oldid 1196001791, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
