Jacks Fork River
 

Shannon County Courthouse, Eminence

Alley Spring, Jacks Fork River

Shannon County 

Shannon County is located in South Central Missouri in the United States, and the second-largest by area in Missouri. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the county's population was 8,324. A 2008 estimate, however, showed the population to be 8,423. Its county seat is Eminence. The county was officially organized on January 29, 1841, and was named in honor of George F.  "Peg-Leg" Shannon, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  Missouri's first copper mine was opened here in 1846 and Missouri's only manganese mine was opened here during World War II.

Some towns in Shannon County are:

Eminence (County Seat) 2000 population:  548

Eminence is located in the center of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri's largest national park and the nation's first protected river system. Popular activities in the
area include canoeing, hunting, fishing, and horseback riding.

Eminence maintains a small town feel, but in the summer becomes a resort city with several locally owned restaurants, motels, bed & breakfasts, including America's largest trail riding establishment.

Winona  2000 population:  1,290

Birch Tree  2000 population:  634

National Protected Areas

• Mark Twain National Forest

• Ozark National Scenic Riverways

State Parks in the Area

• Alley Spring
  http://www.alleyspring.com/
   

• Jacks Fork River
  http://www.eminencemo.com/jacksforkriver.html
   

• Current River
  http://www.currentrivercanoe.com/