Shannon is an unincorporated community in Mason County, Kentucky, United States. The village lies southwest of Maysville on U.S. Route 62, near the town of Sardis.
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The highest point in the community is dominated by the Shannon Methodist Church and a mound built by the prehistoric inhabitants of the region. The ovoid earthwork is 8 to 10 feet high and 100 feet in diameter. Historical graves in the mound have prevented archaeological investigation and more precise identification of the mound's builders.[1]
Shannon is part of the Maysville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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edit- ^ Woodward, Susan L. (2001). Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley. Blacksburg, Virginia: McDonald & Woodward Publishing. pp. 114. ISBN 0-939923-72-6.
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