Shannon

Shannon is a town in , . The population was 1,496 at the 2020 Census. Shannon is located on Mississippi Highway 145, west of U.S. Route 45. Chiwapa Creek flows south of the town.
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  • Type: Village with 1,730 residents
  • Description: town in Lee County, Mississippi, USA
  • Also known as: Shannon, Mississippi” and “Shannon, MS
  • Postal code: 38868

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nettleton.

Village
is a city in and counties in the U.S. state of . The population was 1,935 at the 2020 census. Incorporated in 1888, the town was named after George Henry , president of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad. is situated 5 miles east of Shannon.

Shannon

Latitude
34.11622° or 34° 6′ 58″ north
Longitude
-88.71172° or 88° 42′ 42″ west
Population
1,730
Elevation
256 feet (78 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US SZN
Open location code
866H478Q+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153470605
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4445668
Wiki­data ID
Q2424972
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Shannon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: شانون
  • Basque: Shannon
  • Catalan: Shannon
  • Cebuano: Shannon
  • Chechen: Шеннон
  • Chinese: Shannon
  • Chinese: 香農
  • Dutch: Shannon
  • Egyptian Arabic: شانون
  • French: Shannon
  • German: Shannon
  • Gilaki: شانن (ميسيسيپي)
  • Gilaki: شانن
  • Haitian: Shannon, Mississippi
  • Haitian: Shannon
  • Hebrew: שנון
  • Hungarian: Shannon
  • Italian: Shannon
  • Kazakh: Шаннон
  • Kirghiz: Шаннон
  • Ladin: Shannon
  • Mazanderani: شنن (می‌سی‌سی‌پی)
  • Mazanderani: شنن
  • Min Nan Chinese: Shannon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Shannon
  • Norwegian: Shannon
  • Persian: شنن
  • Polish: Shannon
  • Portuguese: Shannon
  • Serbian: Шенон
  • Serbo-Croatian: Shannon, Mississippi
  • Serbo-Croatian: Shannon
  • South Azerbaijani: شانون، میسیسیپی
  • Spanish: Shannon
  • Swedish: Shannon, Mississippi
  • Swedish: Shannon
  • Tatar: Шеннон
  • Ukrainian: Шеннон
  • Urdu: شینن، مسیسپی
  • Urdu: شینن
  • Uzbek: Shannon
  • Uzbek: Шаннон
  • Vietnamese: Shannon, Mississippi
  • Vietnamese: Shannon
  • Volapük: Shannon
  • Welsh: Shannon, Mississippi
  • Welsh: Shannon

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Highlights include Whiteside Family Cemetery and Shannon Cemetery.

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