Shawnee Methodist Mission was established by missionaries in 1830 to minister to the Shawnee tribe of Native Americans. The Shawnee Methodist Mission is today a museum located in the town of Fairway, Kansas. The site is administrated by the Kansas Historical Society as the Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site.
Formed in 1830 at Turner, Kansas, the mission relocated to its present location in 1839. The Shawnee Methodist Mission was the second capital of the Kansas Territory, holding that designation from July 16, 1855, to the spring of 1856.
the Shawnee Methodist Mission is the origin of the Shawnee Mission, Kansas name used by the United States Postal Service to refer to the Kansas City Metropolitan Area suburban communities in northeastern Johnson County as well as the Shawnee Mission School District which serves those communities.
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