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Old Shawneetown, Illinois
Old Shawneetown
is a
village
in
Gallatin County
,
Illinois
,
United States
. As of the
2000 census
, the village had a total
population
of 278. Located along the
Ohio River
, Shawneetown served as an important United States government administrative center for the
Northwest Territory
. The village was devastated by the
Ohio River flood of 1937
. The village's population was moved several miles inland to
New Shawneetown
.
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