Shannon City

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Shannon City

Total population

115

Median home value

$45,000

20.3%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$92,875

Shannon City$93k

National$74k

Weather86°F · Sunny

Coordinates40.90°, -94.26°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Shannon City is a city in southern Union and northern Ringgold counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 73 at the time of the 2020 census.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Shannon City, IA from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

H. R. Gross

American politician (1899-1987)

Yam Yaryan

American baseball player (1892-1964)

G

Gertrude Murray Platt

American (1906–2002)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Iowa

• Diagonal
  7.3 mi away · pop. 454
• Kent
  11 mi away
• Creston
  12.3 mi away · pop. 7,435
• Clearfield
  13.3 mi away · pop. 396
• Benton
  14.3 mi away · pop. 27
• Lenox
  15.4 mi away · pop. 1,569
• Delphos
  16.8 mi away · pop. 4
• Maloy
  17.5 mi away · pop. 30
• Prescott
  20.2 mi away · pop. 213
• Redding
  21.2 mi away
• Conway
  21.3 mi away · pop. 35
• Corning
  25.6 mi away · pop. 1,567

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Shannon City

Union County, Iowa cemeteries

1988

Fostering success of ethnic and racial minorities in STEM

Robert T. Palmer · 2013

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-09-13

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

Seen 2026-09-10

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus impatiens

Seen 2026-09-09

Carolina Mantis

Stagmomantis carolina

Seen 2026-09-09

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Seen 2026-08-29

American Goldfinch

Spinus tristis

Seen 2026-08-11

Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica

Seen 2026-07-19

Milkweed Tussock Moth

Euchaetes egle

Seen 2026-07-19

Foxtail Barley

Hordeum jubatum

Seen 2026-07-05

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).