Shawnee

Sister cities

• Nikaho

History

After the American Civil War, the Creek and Seminole nations ceded part of their lands in Indian Territory to the federal government. The Sac and Fox, Citizen Band, Potawatomi, Absentee Shawnee and Kickapoo were subsequently removed to the region that later became Pottawatomie County. In 1891, lands held by the Sac and Fox, Iowa, Shawnee and Potawatomi were opened to non-Indian settlement following allotment and the sale of surplus tribal lands. In 1871, the Society of Friends established a mission among the Absentee Shawnee south of present-day Shawnee. Missionary Joseph Newsom opened a day school there in 1872, after which the federal government assumed control of the school. Nearby, a settlement known as Shawneetown had a post office by 1870 and a trading post by 1872. On 22 September 1891, lands held by the Sac and Fox, Iowa, Shawnee and Potawatomi were opened to non-Indian settlement after tribal lands had been allotted and surplus land sold to the federal government. During the land run, Etta B. Ray, John T. Beard, James T. Farrall and Elijah A. Alley each claimed a quarter section in the area that became Shawnee. Shawnee gained electric streetcars when the Shawnee Traction Company began operations in mid-1904. That company entered receivership by December 1905, and on February 16, 1906 was taken over by the Shawnee-Tecumseh Traction Co. ("STT"), sometimes referred to as the Interurban Electric Railway, which had been incorporated the previous day. STT added a 6-mile interurban line to Tecumseh, Oklahoma, with service beginning on September 1, 1906, giving the system approximately 12.5 miles of total trackage. and by 1917 its North Broadway streetcar line had been extended to the campus of Oklahoma Baptist University. The City of Shawnee contributed to the…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (5.37%) is water.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• SHAWNEE HS
  High · Shawnee · 987 students · 15:1 ratio
• SHAWNEE MS
  Middle · Shawnee · 711 students · 13.9:1 ratio
• TECUMSEH HS
  High · Tecumseh · 616 students · 16.2:1 ratio
• BETHEL ES
  Elementary · Shawnee · 572 students · 17.9:1 ratio
• GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL
  Elementary · Shawnee · 551 students · 16.7:1 ratio
• MCLOUD HS
  High · McLoud · 509 students · 16.4:1 ratio
• NORTH ROCK CREEK ES
  Elementary · Shawnee · 467 students · 20.3:1 ratio
• NORTH ROCK CREEK HS
  High · Shawnee · 454 students · 18.9:1 ratio