SHANNON COUNTY, situated in the south part of Missouri. Area, about 1,300 square miles. Seat of justice, Eminence. Pop. in 1850, 1,199. (Fanning's, 1853)
SHANNON, a new county in the S. S. E. part of Missouri, has an area of 1080 square miles. It is traversed in a S. E. direction by the Current, an affluent of the Big Black river, and also drained by Jack's fork and by Big and Sinking creeks. The surface is uneven, and partly covered with forests of pine. Indian corn, wheat, oats, and grass are the staples. In 1850 this county produced 56,713 bushels of corn; 2248 of wheat, and 4639 of oats. Mines of copper are found. Formed out of a part of Ripley county, and named in honor of George Shannon, n member of Lewis and Clarke's company to the Columbia river. Capital, Eminence. Population, 1199, of whom 1190 were free, and 9, slaves. (Baldwin's New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States..., 1854)