Shaw, Missouri

Shaw
Unincorporated community
Shaw Location within the state of Missouri
Coordinates: 38°58′25″N 92°12′12″W / 38.97361°N 92.20333°W / 38.97361; -92.20333Coordinates: 38°58′25″N 92°12′12″W / 38.97361°N 92.20333°W / 38.97361; -92.20333
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Boone
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	752099^[1]

Shaw is an Unincorporated community in the Two-Mile Prairie of Boone County, Missouri, northeast of Columbia. It is located at 38°58′25″N 92°12′12″W / 38.97361°N 92.20333°W / 38.97361; -92.20333 (38.9736517, -92.2032379).^[1]

History

In 2002, the Missouri Department of Transportation discussed the building of a highway bypass, around Columbia, and through Shaw. The plan was halted after protests from a group of local business owners called "Stop the Bypass", the Boone County Historical Society and the Shaw Preservation Society.

References

1 2 "Shaw, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-02-24.

Municipalities and communities of Boone County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Columbia

Cities	Ashland Centralia‡ Columbia Hallsville Rocheport Sturgeon

Villages	Harrisburg Hartsburg Huntsdale McBaine Pierpont

Townships	Bourbon Cedar Centralia Columbia Katy Missouri Perche Rock Bridge Rocky Fork Three Creeks

Unincorporated communities	Claysville Easley Hinton Midway Perche Providence Riggs Rucker Shaw Two Mile Prairie Wilton Woodlandville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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