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 Shawnee, Kansas Posted by:  iconions
N 39° 01.403 W 094° 42.912
15S E 351522 N 4320770
This waymark is centered on the Shawnee City Hall located at 11110 Johnson Drive in Shawnee, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WM12AYV
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2020
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Shawnee, 7 m. (1,000 alt., 553 pop.), a suburban market center, was once an Indian village, and became a bustling town on the Kansas frontier during the early days of the Santa Fe Trail. Known as Gum Springs, it was for a time the largest town in Kansas Territory, being the seat of Johnson County from 1855 to 1858 when Olathe supplanted it.
- Kansas: a guide to the Sunflower State 1939, pg. 371
My Commentary:
Shawnee is now a large suburban city for the Kansas City Metro Area. The 2010 census states a population of over 62,000. Fedex and Bayer are the largest employers - Shawnee has a plethora of small businesses and many people work in the surrounding area. The older downtown section is the eastern part with the growth of Shawnee is the western portion.
Shawnee is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 62,209 with a 2018 estimate of 65,845.
A Shawnee Indian mission had been established at the present site of Shawnee in 1831. Shawnee was laid out as a town in 1857.
In 2010, Shawnee was recognized by Money Magazine in its annual "Best Places To Live" survey, placing 17th in the United States ranking. Shawnee was recognized for its affordable housing, air quality index, and median commute time.
- Shawnee Kansas Wikipedia Page
Book: Kansas
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 371
Year Originally Published: 1939
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