WayfarrowShawnee Hill
Ghost town · Mason County, Kentucky
Shawnee Hill is a ghost town in Mason County, Kentucky. It is one of 6 former communities in Mason County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 56th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Shawnee Hill as a historical populated place on the Maysville West topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.6292° N, 83.7969° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Maysville West |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 906 ft |
| Nearest living town | Maysville, KY |
| Distance to it | 1.5 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2362930 |
| Coordinates | 38.62919, -83.79694 |
What's there now
Shawnee Hill is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Maysville, KY (population 8,778), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 906 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Simon Kenton Acresghost town · Mason County · 0.3 mi
- Batesghost town · Mason County · 5 mi
- Taylors Millghost town · Mason County · 5.1 mi
- Dexterghost town · Mason County · 5.5 mi
- North Pole Road Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 8.5 mi
- Lee's Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Mason County · 9.4 mi
- Cabin Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lewis County · 9.6 mi
- Manleyghost town · Mason County · 10 mi
- Eagle Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 10.7 mi
- Five Lick Creekghost town · Robertson County · 12.1 mi
- Ogden Ridgeghost town · Robertson County · 13.1 mi
- Linvilleghost town · Robertson County · 13.3 mi
Questions
Where is Shawnee Hill?
Shawnee Hill is in Mason County, Kentucky, at 38.6292, -83.7969.
How many ghost towns are in Mason County?
Mason County, Kentucky has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.