Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Shawneetown came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Shawneetown 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 Shawneetown. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Shawneetown 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 Shawneetown:
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

Shawneetown was listed as Shawneetown Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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