Shive is an unincorporated community located in Central Hamilton County in Central Texas 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 operated. In 1910 Shive had 50 residents.