The Shawnee Fossil Plant is a coal-fired power plant owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, located near Paducah, Kentucky. The closest city is Metropolis, Illinois, across the Ohio River to the northeast. Shawnee Fossil Plant is situated 2 miles south of Rocky Branch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Metropolis and Grahamville.

Metropolis

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Metropolis is a small city in Southern Illinois probably named out of wishful thinking which hasn't really been borne out. The town's current claim to fame is as the host for a floating riverboat casino run by the Harrah's casino chain of Reno, Nevada.

Grahamville

Hamlet

Grahamville is an unincorporated community in McCracken County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Grahamville is situated 5 miles south of Rocky Branch.

Rocky Branch

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Massac, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.1795° or 37° 10′ 46″ north

Longitude

-88.78617° or 88° 47′ 10″ west

Elevation

292 feet (89 metres)

Open location code

869H56H7+QG

GeoNames ID

4248354

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