Shumway’s post office opened in 1893, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
Most of Shumway was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Its Register listing is the Shumway School.
How Shumway began, and where its name came from
When was Shumway founded?
The Shumway post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name.
How did Shumway get its name?
Shumway was named after Charles Shumway, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who settled the location.
1 historic place in Shumway
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Lost post offices
Shumway had its own post office from 1893 to 1956.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Shumway’s history
What year was Shumway founded?
The Shumway post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Shumway?
One place: the Shumway School (listed 1979).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.