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Shawneetown Missouri Map

Explore Shawneetown, Missouri, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Shawneetown, Missouri

How to Use This Shawneetown, Missouri Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Shawneetown, Missouri. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Missouri or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Shawneetown.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Shawneetown
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Cape Girardeau County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.551161
Longitude	-89.652043
Population	132
Density	86.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	63755
Area Code	816
County Seat	Jackson
School District	Jackson R-II School District

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About Shawneetown, Missouri

Shawneetown is a locality in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 132. The population density is 86.4 people per km². Shawneetown is located at 37.5512°N, 89.6520°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 63755.

Shawneetown occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, silt-heavy currents of Flatrock Creek define the low-lying perimeter of the fields. It lies 11.7 miles north of Jackson, MO (from Jackson, MO: bearing 4°T), and is situated 18.5 miles north-northwest of Cape Girardeau. Beyond the immediate banks, the earth rises into modest swells that look toward the Birmingham Hills, their silhouettes often smudged by the hazy, violet-tinged light of an approaching evening. The air here carries the scent of damp loam and cooling limestone, a heavy stillness that settles over the acreage long before the sun dips below the horizon. Only three miles away, the Apple Creek Conservation Area provides a buffer of uncultivated timber, while the distant, deeper waters of Gerler Lake remain a silent, reflective presence in the broader landscape.

Shawneetown remains anchored to the rhythms of the soil, its economy shaped by the enduring cycles of regional agriculture and the steady, quiet labor of those who work the inland plains. The local character is one of deliberate patience, a legacy of families who carved their livelihoods out of the Missouri earth long before the modern era smoothed the edges of the frontier. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the way the fences follow the natural contours of the slopes and how the seasonal shifts dictate the pace of every driveway and porch. Life in Shawneetown turns on the small, essential details of the harvest and the slow, inevitable turn of the seasons, maintaining a grounded existence far removed from the clamor of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Apple Creek Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 095° E
Middle Mississippi Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 7.4 mi, 085° E · 3,877 acres
Maintz Wildlife Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 242° SW
Trail Of Tears State Park (State Park) — 9.3 mi, 126° SE
Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 10.9 mi, 092° E · 1,959 acres
La Rue-Pine Hills Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 10.9 mi, 092° E
Larue-Pine Hills/Otter Pine Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 10.9 mi, 092° E
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 11.0 mi, 045° NE · 274k acres
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.4 mi, 121° SE
La Rue Swamp Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 11.6 mi, 096° E
Clear Springs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 11.7 mi, 085° E · 4,739 acres
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.0 mi, 014° N · 16k acres
Wolf Lake Memorial Garden (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 106° E
Shawnee Veterans Memorial Wall (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 109° E
Bald Knob Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.7 mi, 087° E · 5,830 acres
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 167° S
Perry Park Center (Cinema) — 16.3 mi, 317° NW
Little Grand Canyon (Nature Reserve) — 16.6 mi, 057° NE
Pomona Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 068° E
Alto Clay Works (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 085° E
World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 166° S
Shawnee Cave Amphitheater (Theatre) — 19.5 mi, 069° E
(former Site) Terrace Inn (Historic Ruins) — 20.7 mi, 166° S
Cobden Museum (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 093° E
Miranda's Loom Fine Craft Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 22.7 mi, 049° NE
Pyroglyphics (Public Artwork) — 23.9 mi, 002° N
McLeod Theatre (Theatre) — 25.9 mi, 064° NE
Sharp Museum (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 064° NE
The Carbondale Depot Museum (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 063° NE
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.1 mi, 083° E · 91k acres

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