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Shannon County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- January 29, 1841
- Named after
- George Shannon
- Seat
- Eminence
- Largest city
- Winona
- Total
- 1,004 sq mi (2,600 km )
- Land
- 1,004 sq mi (2,600 km )
- Water
- 0.2 sq mi (0.52 km ) 0.02%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,285
- Density
- 7.003/sq mi (2.704/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .shannon-county .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Shannon County is a county in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,031. Its county seat is Eminence. The county was officially organized on January 29, 1841, and was named in honor of George F. "Peg-Leg" Shannon, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It is the second-largest county by area in Missouri.
Missouri's first copper mine was opened in Shannon County in 1846 and Missouri's only manganese mine was opened here during World War II.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shannon County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.