Shannon is an

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Atchison County, Kansas Atchison County (county code AT) is a county located in northeastern Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 16,348. Its county seat and most populous city is Atchison. The county is named in ho ...

, United States.

History

Shannon was

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ted in 1883. A post office was opened in Shannon in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1941.

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* Atchison County maps
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