Shannon County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 8,324 (Change since 1990: +9.3%)
• Created: January 29, 1841
• County seat: Eminence
• Largest town: Winona (Pop. 1,290)
• Name origin: George Shannon

Populated Places

• Akers (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Akers Ferry
  • Located along Current River at intersection Route K and Route KK
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°22'34" N, 91°33'13" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 806
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • USGS Quad: Cedargrove
  • Source: Ramsay (p. 67)
• Alley Spring (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Alley
  • Located along MO 106 west of Eminence on both sides of the bridge over Jacks Fork
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'39" N, 91°26'38" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 679
  • Civil township: Eminence
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Alley Spring
  • Map: 1895 McNally (Alley)
• Angeline (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Horse Hollow
  • Located in Horse Hollow northeast of Alley Spring
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°10'49" N, 91°25'43" W
  • Elevation: 735
  • Civil township: Eminence
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Alley Spring (Shows Angeline Hollow)
  • Maps: 1920 Clason (Horse Hollow Sta. or Angeline P.O.) and 1930 Frisco (Horse Hollow)
• Banker Cave (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route HH east of Eminence
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°09'13" N, 91°06'53" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 25
  • Civil township: Bowlan
  • School district: Southern Reynolds County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Exchange
  • Map: MoDOT
• Bartlett (Unincorporated)
  • Located between Birch Tree and Winona on Route E just off US 60
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°00'17" N, 91°24'51" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 17
  • Elevation: 1046
  • Civil township: Bartlett
  • School district: Winona R-3
  • USGS Quad: Bartlett
• Beal (Unincorporated)
  • Located beyond the end of Route HH, but on the other side of Current River to the east
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°06'49" N, 91°05'45" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 7
  • Elevation: 559
  • Civil township: Bowlan
  • School district: Winona R-3
  • USGS Quad: Van Buren North
• Birch Tree (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 634 (Change since 1990: +5.8%)
  • Located on US 60 between Montier and Winona
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°59'28" N, 91°29'33" W
• Blue Springs (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'14" N, 91°38'15" W
  • Elevation: 840
  • Civil township: Montier
  • USGS Quad: Pine Crest
• Brushy (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Brushy Mill
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°17'10" N, 91°17'56" W
  • Elevation: 719
  • Civil township: Moore
  • USGS Quad: The Sinks (Not shown)
• Buckeye City (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Buckeye
  • Located somewhere southeast of Eminence
  • Map: 1880
• Buckhart Springs (Historical)
  • Located between Eminence and Winona Junction
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'21" N, 91°23'05" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 33
  • Elevation: 850
  • Civil township: Delaware
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Bartlett (Shows the spring)
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Cedargrove (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Cedar Grove
  • Located at end of Route B along Current River between Akers and Montauk
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°25'07" N, 91°36'25" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 14
  • Elevation: 845
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • USGS Quad: Cedargrove
  • Maps: 1895 McNally (Cedar Grove) and 1904 McNally
• Congo (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route T southeast of Teresita
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°56'21" N, 91°36'07" W
  • Elevation: 1060
  • Civil township: Spring Creek
  • USGS Quad: Montier (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1920 Clason
• Delaware (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Route E and CR 401 southwest of Eminence
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°06'12" N, 91°24'29" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 8, 17
  • Elevation: 735
  • Civil township: Delaware
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Bartlett
• Deslet (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route HH just north of Banker Cave
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°09'43" N, 91°07'14" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 13
  • Elevation: 656
  • Civil township: Bowlan
  • School district: Southern Reynolds County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Exchange (Benchmark shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Eminence (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 548 (Change since 1990: -5.8%)
  • Located at the intersection of MO 19 and MO 106 along the Jacks Fork
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°09'02" N, 91°21'27" W
• Eudy (Historical)
  • Located somewhere west of Ink
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Flatwood (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Route D and CR 321 northwest of Eminence
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°13'16" N, 91°26'51" W
  • Elevation: 1092
  • Civil township: Eminence
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Alley Spring
• Flip (Historical)
  • Located somewhere southeast of Eminence, near Shawnee
  • Maps: 1920 Clason and 1944
• Gang (Historical)
  • Located along Blair Creek northeast of Two Rivers
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°12'24" N, 91°13'50" W
  • Elevation: 629
  • Civil township: Moore
  • USGS Quad: Powder Mill Ferry (Benchmark shown)
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Grange Valley (Historical)
  • Located somewhere southeast of Eminence near the Carter County line
  • Map: 1880 (Grangevalley)
• Haeffner (Historical)
  • Located somewhere north of Summersville along the Texas County line
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Hardage (Unincorporated)
  • Located on a county road just off Route A northeast of Timber
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°23'18" N, 91°19'35" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 12
  • Elevation: 850
  • Civil township: Newton
  • School district: Bunker R-3
  • USGS Quad: Loggers Lake (Not shown)
  • Map: MoDOT
• Himont (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 235 southwest of Midridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°18'35" N, 91°14'41" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 1218
  • Civil township: Moore
  • School district: Bunker R-3
  • USGS Quad: Midridge (Shows Himont Lookout Tower)
  • Map: 1944
• Ink (Unincorporated)
  • Located at end of Route N northwest of Eminence
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°15'29" N, 91°29'01" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 33-34
  • Civil township: Eminence
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Round Spring
  • Maps: 1886 McNally and 1904 McNally
• Jerktail Landing (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Current River northwest of Two Rivers
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°13'50" N, 91°18'30" W
  • Elevation: 620
  • Civil township: Eminence
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Eminence (Not shown)
• Junction Ferry (Historical)
  • Located just east of Two Rivers beyond the end of Route V
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°11'24" N, 91°16'04" W
  • Elevation: 576
  • Civil township: Eminence
  • USGS Quad: Eminence
• Koller (Historical)
  • Located somewhere west of Ink
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Lightfoot (Historical)
  • Located along Current River downstream from Owls Bend
  • Map: 1895 McNally
• Low Wassie (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the end of Route W southeast of Winona
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°59'19" N, 91°15'29" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 808
  • Civil township: Winona
  • School district: Winona R-3
  • USGS Quad: Low Wassie
• Mauser Mill (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Map
  • Located at the intersection CR 250 and CR 265 northeast of Round Spring
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°18'46" N, 91°18'54" W
  • Civil township: Moore
  • School district: Bunker R-3
  • USGS Quad: The Sinks
  • Maps: 1944 (Map) and MoDOT (Map)
• Midridge (Unincorporated)
  • Located at junction CR 235 and CR 283 south of Bunker
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°20'07" N, 91°13'18" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 1231
  • Civil township: Moore
  • School district: Bunker R-3
  • USGS Quad: Midridge
• Montier (Unincorporated)
  • Located along US 60 west of Birch Tree
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°59'13" N, 91°34'31" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 26
  • Civil township: Montier
  • USGS Quad: Montier
  • Maps: 1895 McNally (Monteer), 1904 McNally (Montier Sta. or Monteer P.O.), and 1920 Clason (Montier or Monteer P.O.)
• Munsell (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the end of Route F south of Eminence
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°05'53" N, 91°19'39" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 12
  • Civil township: Eminence
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Winona
• Not (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the intersection of Route T and Route MM southwest of Birch Tree
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°53'43" N, 91°34'49" W
  • Elevation: 1022
  • Civil township: Spring Creek
  • USGS Quad: Montier (Not shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Oakside (Unincorporated)
  • Located on a county road south of Summersville near the Texas County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°06'26" N, 91°39'08" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 8
  • Civil township: Spring Valley
  • USGS Quad: Pine Crest
  • Map: 1895 McNally
• Orchard Point (Historical)
  • Located southwest of Eminence
  • Map: 1889 Polk
• Pertz (Unincorporated)
  • Located southwest of Delaware
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°04'21" N, 91°26'05" W
  • Elevation: 815
  • Civil township: Delaware
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Bartlett (Not shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Powder Mill Ferry (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Owls Bend
  • Located along Old MO 106 on the west bank of Current River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°10'48" N, 91°10'29" W
  • Civil township: Bowlan
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Powder Mill Ferry
  • Maps: 1944 (Owl Bend) and MoDOT (Owls Bend)
• Pulltite (Unincorporated)
  • Located beyond the end of Route EE along Current River southeast of Akers
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°20'06" N, 91°28'46" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 34
  • Elevation: 730
  • Civil township: Newton
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Round Spring (Shows Pulltite Campground)
  • Map: 1895 McNally
• Rat (Unincorporated)
  • Located near end of Route P south of Bunker
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°22'21" N, 91°13'39" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 13
  • Civil township: Moore
  • School district: Bunker R-3
  • USGS Quad: Midridge
• Rector (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of Route J northeast of Akers
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'25" N, 91°30'34" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 5
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • USGS Quad: Cedargrove
• Richmond (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Richmond Hill
  • Located somewhere near Timber or Shannondale
  • Maps: 1865 and 1873 proposed railroads
• Riverside (Historical)
  • Located somewhere along the Current River downstream from Montauk
  • Maps: 1886 McNally and 1889 Polk
• Round Spring (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 19 near the bridge over Current River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°16'50" N, 91°24'40" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 20
  • Civil township: Newton
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Round Spring
  • Map: 1895 McNally (Round Springs)
• Russell (Historical)
  • Previously known as: Russells Hill
  • Located somewhere east of Eminence
  • Maps: 1880 (Russells Hill), 1886 McNally, and 1889 Polk (Russell's Hill)
• Rymer Ranch (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'24" N, 91°33'48" W
  • Elevation: 980
  • Civil township: Montier
  • USGS Quad: Jam Up Cave (Not shown)
• Shannondale (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 19 between Route KK and Route A
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°23'24" N, 91°26'15" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 12
  • Elevation: 1153
  • Civil township: Newton
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Gladden
• Shawnee (Unincorporated)
  • Located southeast of Eminence
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°07'17" N, 91°15'37" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 837
  • Civil township: Buckeye
  • School district: Winona R-3
  • USGS Quad: Winona (Benchmark shown)
  • Maps: 1904 McNally, 1920 Clason, and MoDOT
• Sinkin (Historical)
  • Located just off Route A northeast of Timber
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'34" N, 91°24'22" W
  • Elevation: 1160
  • Civil township: Newton
  • USGS Quad: Gladden (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1889 Polk (Sinking), 1895 McNally, and MoDOT
• Spur 3 (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Route D and Route N
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°13'15" N, 91°28'36" W
  • Elevation: 1146
  • Civil township: Eminence
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Alley Spring (Benchmark shown)
• Teresita (Unincorporated)
  • Located near intersection of US 60 and Route T between Mountain View and Montier
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°59'05" N, 91°37'43" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 29
  • Civil township: Montier
  • USGS Quad: Mountain View
• The Sinks (Historical)
  • Former private resort featuring a natural tunnel on Sinking Creek
  • Located beyond the end of Route CC southeast of Timber
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 27
  • USGS Quad: The Sinks
• Timber (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 19 near the intersection with Route A
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°21'47" N, 91°25'35" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 19
  • Civil township: Newton
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Round Spring
• Two Rivers (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Jacks Fork
  • Located at end of Route V northeast of Eminence
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°11'31" N, 91°16'06" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 9
  • Elevation: 680
  • Civil township: Eminence
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Eminence
  • Two Rivers is at the confluence of two rivers: Current and Jacks Fork
  • Map: MoDOT (Jacks Fork)
• Venice (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection MO 19 and CR 305 northwest of Eminence
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°12'28" N, 91°23'59" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 1136
  • Civil township: Eminence
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Alley Spring
• West Eminence (Unincorporated)
  • Located just southwest of Eminence
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'25" N, 91°22'28" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 34
  • Civil township: Eminence
  • School district: Eminence R-1
  • USGS Quad: Eminence (Also shown on Alley Spring quad)
  • Maps: 1920 Clason and MoDOT
• Winona (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,290 (Change since 1990: +19.3%)
  • Located at intersection US 60 and MO 19 south of Eminence and east of Birch Tree
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°00'35" N, 91°19'24" W
• Winona Junction (Unincorporated)
  • Located west of Winona along the old railroad grade
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°00'38" N, 91°22'09" W
  • Elevation: 985
  • Civil township: Winona
  • School district: Winona R-3
  • USGS Quad: Winona (Not shown)
  • Map: 1920 Clason

History

Name origin

Named for George Shannon, a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition

Demographics