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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. [1] Its county seat is Eminence. [2] 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. [3]
The former courthouse is now the county administrative center. Vernon County Courthouse: Vernon: Nevada: 1906-8 NRHP-listed (refnum 97000630). Sold in 2012. Warren County Courthouse and Circuit Court Building: Warren: Warrenton: 1869-1871 Demolished; NRHP-listed (refnum 72000733). Washington County Courthouse: Washington: Potosi: 1908 NRHP ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
Location of Shannon County in Missouri. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Shannon County, Missouri. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Shannon County, Missouri, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
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In 1851, the Missouri Assembly created Dent County from portions of Crawford Shannon and Texas counties. It was named for early settler Lewis Dent, who served as the first representative. A log courthouse, built c. 1851–1852, was Dent County's first and was located on the Wingfield farm northeast of Salem. W.
Missouri's GOP-led Legislature last year capped off a nearly two-decade-long push by Republicans and passed a law requiring voters to show photo identification to cast a regular ballot.
In 1847, County Judges Thomas Gordon, Nathaniel Price, and Joseph W. Hall determined that a new Courthouse was needed to serve Lafayette County, Missouri. The judges chose a site on the new Main Street in Lexington, an approved plans for a magnificent structure of the Classic Greek Revival design. Silas Silver, John Catron, Robert Aull, and ...