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Shawnee[1 shO´nE´´, shO´´nE´; 2 shO´´nE´] Pronunciation Key. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,993), Johnson co., NE Kans., a suburb of Kansas City; founded 1857, inc. 1922. Although primarily residential, kitchenware is made in this growing city, and farm and dairy products are shipped from Shawnee. The city was the original site of the Shawnee Indian Methodist Mission (1830). The re-creation of an old Shawnee town is in Bluejacket Park. 2 City (1990 pop. 26,017), seat of Pottawatomie co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1894. Shawnee boomed with the discovery of oil there in 1926. The city is the trade and rail center for a rich farm, dairy, and oil area and also has small industries. Shawnee is the seat of Oklahoma Baptist Univ. and St. Gregory's college. An art museum and gallery are in the city. Jim Thorpe was born nearby.
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