Old Shawneetown, Illinois
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Old Shawneetown is a village in Shawnee Township, Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village had a population of 113, down from 193 at the 2010 census. Located along
Old Shawneetown Court House in 1937
1937 flood Shawneetown Illinois refugees
Ohio River flood of 1937
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The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February 1937. With damage stretching from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, 385 people died, one million people were left homel
Old Shawneetown, Illinois
…River, Shawneetown served as an important United States government administrative center for the Northwest Territory. The village was devastated by the Ohio River flood of 1937. The village's population was moved several miles inland to New Shawneetown. At least one record suggests that a village was established here by the…
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