Shannon County, Missouri

Founding: 1841 (declared in 1837)
Parent counties: Crawford and Ripley

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps George Shannon, explorer; or John Shannon, St. Louis lawyer
Seat: Eminence (1843–)

Land area: 1,004 square miles

Population (2020): 7,031

Population (historic): 1,199 (1850); 2,339 (1870); 8,898 (1890); 11,443 (1910); 10,894 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Four cities; one CDP; 13 townships

National Register listings: 17

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 400 (9.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $480
Average outbuilding value (1930): $304
Number of farms (1920): 1,556
Average farm size (1920): 48.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois, and Kentucky
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Eminence

Namesake: Uncertain—probably the city's elevated site

Founding: 1843 (founding); 1844 (post office); 1930 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 515

Population (historic): 91 (1880); 527 (1950)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 45 (13%)
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