Shawnee Mound, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States

38°31′47″N 93°45′43″W / 38.52972°N 93.76194°W / 38.52972; -93.76194Country

United StatesU.S. stateMissouriCountyHenry

Shawnee Mound is an unincorporated community in northeastern Henry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1] The community is on Missouri Route 13 ten miles north of Clinton. Post Oak is three miles north in southern Johnson County.^[2] The Shawnee Mound church and cemetery are approximately one half mile to the southwest on a county road.^[3] The community is on a ridge between the headwaters of Sand Creek to the east and Honey Creek to the west.^[2]

History

A post office was in service at Shawnee Mound from 1855 through 1901.^[4] The community was named for its location within Shawnee Township, and for a mound near the original town site.^[5]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shawnee Mound, Missouri
^ ^a ^b Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 35 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
^ Chilhowee, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1955
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
^ "Henry County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)