The city of Shaniko was incorporated in 1901. Some form of city government has been continuously in place since 1901. There has never been a graveyard in Shaniko.
Bedrock is six inches down.
There was never a church in Shaniko, services were held in the schoolhouse. The population of Shaniko in 1910 was 600 people. The population of Shaniko in 1978 was 7 people. The population of Shaniko in 1999 is 25 people year round, plus 8 part time. Marshall Gus Reeder served Shaniko for more than 50 years.