Shawnee, Missouri

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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]

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 December 25, 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.

37°07′17″N91°15′37″W / 37.12139°N 91.26028°W / 37.12139; -91.26028

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