| Official Name: | Shawnee, Colorado | ||||||||||||||
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community | ||||||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Colorado#USA | ||||||||||||||
| Pushpin Label: | Shawnee, Colorado | ||||||||||||||
| Pushpin Label Position: | rigth | ||||||||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in of Shawnee in Colorado##Location of Shawnee in the United States | ||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | State | ||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | County | ||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Park County[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Unit Pref: | Imperial | ||||||||||||||
| Timezone: | MST | ||||||||||||||
| Utc Offset: | -7 | ||||||||||||||
| Timezone Dst: | MDT | ||||||||||||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 39.42°N -105.5517°W | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation Ft: | 8120 | ||||||||||||||
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postal Code: | 80475 | ||||||||||||||
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID | ||||||||||||||
| Blank Info: | 183232 | ||||||||||||||
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Shawnee is an unincorporated community and post office in northern Park County, Colorado, United States, that is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Shawnee is situated along the North Fork South Platte River, west of Bailey on U.S. Route 285.
The historical district of Shawnee consists of Time Capsule Framing & Art, Shawnee Mountain Gallery, a post office, the Shawnee Cemetery, and surrounding houses, on the hillside south of the highway overlooking the river valley.
Shawnee also consists of award winning fly fishing ranches, Ben Tyler Trail, and the subdivisions, Singleton and Belford Heights.
A post office called Shawnee has been in operation since 1900.[3] The community takes its name from nearby Shawnee Peak.[4]
The Shawnee Historic District was added to the NRHP July 8, 2010.