Shawneetown (Ill.)

LC control no.	n 85184102
Descriptive conventions	rda
Geographic heading	Shawneetown (Ill.) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Geographic subdivision usage	Illinois--Shawneetown
Variant(s)	New Shawneetown (Ill.)
Special note	SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is valid for use as a subject for works covering Shawneetown after 1937, when the town relocated from what is now Old Shawneetown. For works on Shawneetown before 1937, assign the heading for the original village: Old Shawneetown (Ill.). See: no2014119786.
Found in	Lawler, L. Amazing Shawneetown, 1985: t.p. (Shawneetown) p. iv (oldest, incorporated town in the State of Ill.) Rand McNally, comm. atlas & marketing guide, 1979 (Shawneetown) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; N 37° 42' 47'' W 88° 11' 12''; variant name: New Shawneetown) Wikipedia, Sept. 14, 2014 (Shawneetown is a city in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. ... The present town was established in 1937 after the Ohio River flood of 1937 inundated what is now Old Shawneetown, Illinois) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawneetown,_Illinois> Wikipedia, Sept. 14, 2014 (The village was devastated by the Ohio River flood of 1937. The village's population was moved several miles inland to New Shawneetown) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Shawneetown,_Illinois>
Geographic area code	n-us-il