150 A GAZETTEER OF TEXAS. [bull. 224 
Atlas sheet. 
Sheffield; post village in Pecos County 
Shelby; a southeastern county, with an area of 814 square miles. 
The population was 20,452; the county seat, Center. The 
mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 7° 05 / . The mean 
annual rainfall is 52 inches, and the mean annual tempera- 
ture 67°. The county is traversed by the Houston, East 
and West Texas Railway. 
Shelby; post village in Austin County. 
Shelbyville; post village in Shelby County. 
Sheldon; post village in Harris County. 
Shelving; rock, a hill in Erath County Stephenville. 
Shepherd; post village in San Jacinto County. 
Shepton; village in Collin County. 
Sheridan; post village in Houston County. 
Sherley; post village in Hopkins County. 
Sherman; a county situated in the Panhandle, with an area 
of 850 square miles. The population was 104; the county 
seat, Coldwater. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 
was 11° 30 / . The mean annual rainfall is 18 inches, and 
the mean annual temperature 57°. 
Sherman; county seat of Grayson County; population, 10,243. 
Sherry; post village in Irion County. 
Sherwood; county seat of Irion County; population, 264 (1890) . 
Shiloh; post village in Denton County. 
Shimek; post village in Colorado County. 
Shiner; post village in Lavaca County; population, 845. 
Shingle; hills in Travis County Blanco. 
Shinnery; village in Collingsworth County. 
Shinoak; branch, a small left-hand branch of Sabana River, 
tributary to Little River Eastland. 
Shin Oak; mountain in San Saba County Llano. 
Shirley; branch, a small left-hand branch of Clear Fork of 
Brazos River Albany. 
Shiro; post village in Grimes County. 
Shive; post village in Hamilton County Hamilton. 
Shoal; creek, a left-hand branch of Colorado River Austin. 
Shoe Peg; mountain in Uvalde County; elevation, 1,741 feet.. Nueces. 
Sholar; post village in Shelby County. 
Short; post village in Shelby County. 
Short; canyon in Jeff Davis County Fort Davis. 
Shoup; post village in Jasper County. 
Shovel; mountain in Blanco County Blanco. 
Shovelmount; post village in Burnet County. 
Shovel Mountain; village in Double Horn Creek, in Burnet 
County Blanco. 
Siam; post village in Terry County. 
Sidney; post village on Little Jimmys Creek, in Comanche 
County Brownwood. 
Sierro Aguja; mountain in Brewster County ; elevation, 3,281 
feet Terlingua. 
Sierra Blanca; mountain group in western Texas, crossed by 
the Southern Pacific Railroad. 
