Shive is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 located in Central Hamilton County in Central Texas

Central Texas

Central Texas , is a region in the U.S. state of Texas. It is roughly bordered by San Marcos to Fredericksburg to Waco, and to Brenham, and includes the Austin–Round Rock, Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Bryan-College Station, and Waco metropolitan areas...

 along Fm-221.
A group of people, including Lewis Paullin, settled Shive in the 1870s. A man named Robert Shive was the namesake of the community. A post office opened inside a store operated by Robert and James W. Shive in 1884; Robert Shive was appointed as the postmaster. By 1908 the community of Shive had four stores. Around that period a cotton gin

Cotton gin

A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, a job formerly performed painstakingly by hand...

 operated. In 1910 Shive had 50 residents. The post office closed in 1936. In 1940 Shive had 64 residents. In the period from 1980 to 2000 Shive had 61 residents.

Education

Shive is located in the Hamilton Independent School District

Hamilton Independent School District

Hamilton Independent School District is a public school district based in Hamilton, Texas .Located in Hamilton County, a small portion of the district extends into Comanche and Mills counties....

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Shive received its first school, called the Union Hill School, in 1883.