Shawneetown

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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.

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Meanings

proper noun
  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

From Shawnee + town.

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APA

Shawneetown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shawneetown

MLA

“Shawneetown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shawneetown. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shawneetown,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shawneetown.

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