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Shannon, Texas
Shannon, Texas is located in Texas
Shannon, Texas
Shannon, Texas
Location in Texas
Shannon, Texas is located in the United States
Shannon, Texas
Shannon, Texas
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Texas
County Clay
Elevation
1,037 ft (316 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 940
GNIS feature ID 1368055

Shannon is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 23 in 2000. It is located within the Wichita Falls metropolitan area.

History

The community was originally named Stampede Springs and was established around a general store that Rachel D. Ivie constructed in 1878. This name was changed to Shannon, perhaps not long after the settlement was founded, in honor of a pioneer family who had immigrated to the region from Ireland's Shannon Valley. In 1893, a post office opened. In the middle of the 1920s, 112 people called Shannon home. Over the next thirty years, the population did not change, but the number of enterprises reported decreased from three in 1936 to two by the middle of the 1950s. By the late 1970s, the population had dropped to 23 from 80 in 1966–1967. 23 people were identified as living there in 1990. In 2000, the population did not change.

On May 22, 2020, an EFU tornado hit the community and traveled south to nearby Joy. Multiple storm chasers observed this tornado but no damage was found. A tornado also struck Shannon in April of 1955, although there were no casualties.

Geography

Shannon is located on Farm to Market Road 175, 20 mi (32 km) southwest of Henrietta and 20 mi (32 km) north of Jacksboro in extreme south-central Clay County.

Education

In 1910, Shannon had a school with 82 students and two teachers. Today, Shannon is served by the Midway Independent School District.

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