Shawneetown Missouri Map

About Shawneetown, Missouri

Shawneetown is a locality in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 122. The population density is 107.9 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 rests in a broad, fertile valley, its character a gentle confluence of rolling hills and the patient, wide Missouri River. It lies 18.5 miles north-north-west of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 337°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west-south-west of Grand Tower. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a moist sweetness, a blend of damp earth and the distant scent of ripening corn, the kind of air that settles deep into the lungs. The landscape unfolds with a quiet deliberation, fields of green and gold stretching towards a horizon often softened by a haze that hints at the river’s constant, humid breath. Barns, weathered to shades of faded red and grey, punctuate the land like stoic sentinels, their roofs catching the sun in a way that suggests a quiet resilience. The history of Shawneetown is deeply entwined with the very arteries of the land, a story whispered by the river's ebb and flow. Once a significant port and a hub of commerce, its fortunes have been shaped by the mighty Mississippi, which brought steamboats laden with goods and travelers, and by the floods that have, at times, reshaped its very foundations. The echoes of its past as a vital trading post, a place where goods and ideas converged, still linger in the broader, more open spaces that now define its economy, a landscape reliant on agriculture and the quiet hum of local enterprise. This enduring spirit, this connection to the earth and the water, is what lends Shawneetown its distinctive, unhurried grace, a place where the past is not so much forgotten as it is integrated into the present.

About This Shawneetown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shawneetown, Missouri — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.551161, -89.652043. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Shawneetown and Cape Girardeau County.

Detailed location data for Shawneetown includes the ZIP code (63755), telephone area code (816), county seat of Cape Girardeau County (Jackson), and school district assignment (Jackson R-II School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Shawneetown is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.