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The name Shawnee Mission derives from the Shawnee Methodist Mission , a mission to the ShawneeFor other meanings, see Shawnee (disambiguation . The Shawnee are a people native to North America, and are therefore considered to be Native Americans. They originally inhabited the area of Ohio and Pennsylvania. In the early 19th century, the U. governm tribe, founded in 1830Events February 3 The previously autonomous state of Greece gains full independence from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. Negotiations for the borders between the two states continue until 1832, under the supervisio in present-day Wyandotte County, KansasWyandotte County (standard abbreviation: WY is a county located in the U. State of Kansas. As of 2000, the population is 157,882. Its county seat is Kansas City, Kansas, 6 with which it shares a unified government. Geography According to the U. Census Bur by the Methodist church. The mission was moved to what is now Johnson County in 1839Events January 9 The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. January 19 British East India Company captures Aden January 20 In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance. February 24 William Ot. The county was named for Rev. Thomas JohnsonThomas Johnson ( 1802- 1865) was a Methodist missionary and a member of the Kansas territorial legislature. He was robbed and murdered in 1865. Johnson County, Kansas is named for him. Johnson, Thomas Johnson, Thomas., the first missionary sent by the church. The Shawnee Mission School District encompasses most of the area.
Shawnee Mission is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
Johnson County, Kansas Kansas City metropolitan area