History of Shockley, Texas: A Brief Overview
Published: 1952
Updated: April 1, 1995
Shockley was on the Leon River in northern Hamilton County ten miles from Hamilton, from which it received mail. The community was named for A. P. Shockley, who settled in the area in 1876 and was county sheriff in 1892. In the late 1980s the community was no longer on highway maps.
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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
Claudia Hazlewood, “Shockley, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/shockley-tx.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
TID:
HVS85
- 1952
- April 1, 1995
