Shannon County, Missouri

Shannon County
Shannon County
County
	Shannon County courthouse in Eminence
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 37°10′N 91°24′W / 37.16°N 91.4°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	January 29, 1841
Named for	George Shannon
Seat	Eminence
Largest city	Winona
Area
• Total	1,004 sq mi (2,600 km2)
• Land	1,004 sq mi (2,600 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) 0.02%
Population (2020)
• Total	7,031
• Density	7.0/sq mi (2.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	8th
Website	www.shannon-county.com

Shannon County is a county in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,031.^[1] Its county seat is Eminence.^[2] The county was officially organized on January 29, 1841, and was named in honor of George F. "Peg-Leg" Shannon, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.^[3] It is the second-largest county by area in Missouri.

Missouri's first copper mine was opened in Shannon County in 1846 and Missouri's only manganese mine was opened here during World War II.

As of the 2000 census, Shannon County ranked 78th on the list of counties with the lowest per capita income and 46th on the list of counties with the lowest median household incomes in the United States, making it the poorest county in Missouri.

^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 363.

[1] "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 20, 2021.

[GR6-2] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

[3] Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 363.

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