Shaw is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Saint Louis County,

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

, United States; located on Saint Louis County Road 15 (Munger Shaw Road), near Saint Louis County Road 49 (Three Lakes Road). The community is located in the southeast corner of Cotton Township, near the boundary line; and is within the

Cloquet Valley State Forest The Cloquet Valley State Forest encompasses ; of which (or 15%) are Minnesota Department of Natural Resources forestry administered lands. Located in southeast Saint Louis County, the Cloquet Valley State Forest is located about north of Du ...

of Saint Louis County. Bug Creek flows through the community. The town was threatened, but ultimately spared, by the Munger-Shaw wildfire in May 2025.

References

* Rand McNally Road Atlas – 2007 edition – Minnesota entry * Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2011/2012 edition Unincorporated communities in Minnesota Unincorporated communities in St. Louis County, Minnesota {{StLouisCountyMN-geo-stub