Facts About Shawnee
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The first settlers of Shawnee were the Sac, Fox, Shawnee, Kickapoo and Pottawatomi Indians.
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The city has a total area of 44.7 square miles, of which 42.3 square miles is land and 2.4 square miles is water.
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Shawnee is a city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.
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The town of Shawnee was founded in 1893 when the area was opened to white settlers.
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Oklahoma notables who have resided in Shawnee include Oklahoma’s twenty-fifth governor, Charles Bradford “Brad” Henry, astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., and Louise Funk Fluke, designer of Oklahoma’s official flag. While homesteading in Kansas, physician Brewster Higley.
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Shawnee is twinned with Nikaho, Akita, Japan.
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The town was named after the Shawnee people.
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The first buildings on the town site were a log house built in 1881 by a Louisiana trapper and a Quaker mission built in 1885 to serve the Shawnee people.
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The quote “In the heart of Oklahoma” dates back to at least 1908 when the Chamber of Commerce published a document relating to the birth and tremendous growth of Shawnee during it’s first thirteen years.
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The estimated population of Shawnee is 31,361, as of 2020.
