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. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. 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 2026-11-06.