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Shawnee’s history is mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Shawnee yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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Shawnee, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Shawnee yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Shawnee Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 662 and it contained 284 housing units.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 672 in 2010, 662 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Shawnee, decade by decade

On the National Register

1 historic place in Shawnee

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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historic buildings protected
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first listed
2021
Rob Roy Covered Bridge
in Indiana
#288
by listings

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

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