The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusShirley is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The town was named after Shirley, Massachusetts. The population was 251 at the 2020 census. It was the birthplace of humorist Bill Nye.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 233 to 251 (+8%). Half of its homes were built before 1984.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Shirley yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Shirley’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Shirley’s history is told.
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Shirley, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Shirley is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Shirley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is William M. Shaw House in Greenville, 7.3 miles away.
Shirley and the nearest listed places
Closest to Shirley
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.