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Shawneetown

Shawneetown proper noun: a small city, the county seat of Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. The town was established in 1937 after the Ohio River flood of 1937 inundated what is now Old Shawneetown, Illinois.

Proper noun

Shawneetown

  1. A small city, the county seat of Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. The town was established in 1937 after the Ohio River flood of 1937 inundated what is now Old Shawneetown, Illinois.
    • Born Jan. 28, 1913, in Shawneetown, Ill., Edward Chrysostom David Scherrer was the second child in a farm family of six sons and a daughter.1970 November 11, “Generals Who Were Held in Soviet Armenia”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2021

Origin of Shawneetown

From Shawnee + town.

Questions about Shawneetown

What does Shawneetown mean?
Shawneetown means a small city, the county seat of Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. The town was established in 1937 after the Ohio River flood of 1937 inundated what is now Old Shawneetown, Illinois.
What part of speech is Shawneetown?
Shawneetown is a proper noun.

Words near Shawneetown in the dictionary

  1. Shawna
  2. shawnee
  3. Shawnee County
  4. Shawneece
  5. Shawnees
  6. Shawneetown
  7. Shawnese
  8. Shawnna
  9. Shawol
  10. Shawols
  11. shawoman

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