RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Kentucky >> Mason County >> Shannon >> Census DataIndex...

Census Data for Shannon

As far as we can tell, Shannon has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Shannon, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

  • Sardis
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Sardis is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
  • Washington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Washington is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • Mount Olivet
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Ewing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Ewing is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
  • Germantown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Germantown is located in Bracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
  • Maysville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Aberdeen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Flemingsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Brooksville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Ripley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Dover
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Dover is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Augusta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (312 more) ...

Mason County ...

Shannon is located in Mason County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Mason County.

Miscellaneous Information for Shannon ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Mason County or the community of Shannon:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Shannon:
    • GNIS ID for Shannon: 503239
    • GNIS ID for Mason County: 516924
    • GNIS ID for State of Kentucky: 1779786
  • The FIPS Codes ...
    • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
    • State Code: 21 (Kentucky)
    • County Code: 161 (Mason County)
    • Place Code: 69726 (Shannon)
    • State & County Code: 21/161 (Kentucky / Mason County)
    • State & Place Code: 21/69726 (Kentucky / Shannon)
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Shannon is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Shannon.

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Mason, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.