Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Shannon came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Shannon in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Shannon. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Shannon data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Shannon:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Shannon is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Shannon in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Shannon for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Shannon. See our Misc Page for Shannon for more information.