Shirland 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 Shirland Township, in Winnebago County,

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, and is located northwest of Rockford. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

An earlier name for the area was Kepotah. The name was changed when the Shirland

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

was established August 15, 1857.Adams, James N. (compiler) ''Illinois Place Names'', p. 408, p. 506. (1969). Springfield, Ill: Illinois State Historical Society.

References

External links

Shirland Community Consolidated School

Shirland United Methodist Church

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Winnebago County, Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois Populated places established in 1857 1857 establishments in Illinois