Shawnee, Missouri

Shawnee is an historic unincorporated community in Shannon County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, United States.[1] The community was located on Little Shawnee Creek, approximately two miles southeast of Eminence at an elevation of 825 feet.[2] The location is along County Road 507, about midway between Missouri Route 106 to the north and Missouri Route H to the southeast.[3]

History

A post office called "Shawnee" was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1920.[4] The community derives its name from the Shawnee Indians.[5]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shawnee, Missouri
  2. Eminence 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1917 (1944 reprint)
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 55, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  5. "Shannon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2016.



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