Shawnee Creek Slough

Shawnee Creek Slough is an inlet in Ballard, Kentucky. Shawnee Creek Slough is situated nearby to the village Barlow, as well as near Wickliffe.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swan Lake.

Swan Lake

Swan Lake is a lake in Ballard County, Kentucky. At 300 acres, it is the largest natural lake in Kentucky. It is part of a twelve-lake confederation known as Cummins Tract Lakes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wickliffe and Cairo Historic District.

Wickliffe is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Ballard County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 670 at the 2020 census. Wickliffe is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wickliffe is situated 4 miles south of Shawnee Creek Slough.

Cairo Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Photolitherland, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Cairo Historic District is a historic district encompassing a large section of Cairo, Illinois. The district is roughly bounded by Park, 33rd, Sycamore, 21st, Cedar, and 4th Streets and the Ohio River; it includes most areas of Cairo developed by 1890, save for two sections which are almost entirely renovated or deteriorated. Cairo Historic District is situated 4½ miles west of Shawnee Creek Slough.

Cairo

Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cairo is in Illinois on a small strip of land in between Missouri and Kentucky as well as the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, made famous in Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.

Shawnee Creek Slough

Type: Inlet
Category: body of water
Location: Ballard, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.02339° or 37° 1′ 24″ north

Longitude

-89.09868° or 89° 5′ 55″ west

Elevation

308 feet (94 metres)

Open location code

869G2WF2+9G

GeoNames ID

4308081

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Localities in the Area

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