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Shawnee Real Estate

Shawnee, KS Real Estate

Shawnee, located near the Missouri River, 13 miles southwest and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area in Johnson County, Kansas near Shawnee Mission Lake at 39.01° north of the equator and 94.80° west.

Shawnee Community

Shawnee's rich history, scenic landscapes, affordable housing and close proximity to the exciting nearby attractions of Kansas City and abundant local recreational activities and a historically low crime rate, make this high quality suburb an excellent place to live great place to buy your next home.

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Shawnee Housing

Shawnee is an especially desirable residential community with a broad range of real estate, ranging from condominiums and townhouses to single family residences and luxury custom homes in golf course communities. Real estate prices in Shawnee range from an array of affordable housing options starting $74,650 to over $1,500,000 for estate properties in golf course communities with lake views. Shawnee offers a variety of housing styles in older established neighborhoods, newer subdivisions, lakeside homes, country estates, condominiums, townhomes, and senior citizen developments, including:

Shawnee Transportation

Shawnee enjoy easy commuter access to employment options in neighboring cities and the Kansas City metropolitan area via two major access routes, Interstate 35 and Interstate 435.

Shawnee Culture

Shawnee offers it's own cultural attractions to the vast array available to homeowners all over the KC metro area, including:

• Veteran's Tribute

• Wonderscope Children's Museum

• Old Shawnee Town

Shawnee Recreation

The1,250-acre, Shawnee Mission Park, is the area's largest park with dozens of recreational facilities, which include concessions,  baseball, tennis, and hiking & biking trails an outdoor theater and a marina offering swimming, boating, sailboat and paddleboat rentals and fishing. The city of Shawnee also offers homeowners a variety of community programs and event, including:

• Pioneer Christmas

• Historical Hauntings

• St. Patrick's Day Parade

• Dive-In Movies Civic Centre Park

• Shawnee Bike Rodeo - Civic Centre

• Summer Concert Series - Stump Park

• Old Shawnee Days - Old Shawnee Town

• Hershey Track & Field - Civic Centre Park

• Summer Concert Series - Civic Centre Park

• Junior Pioneers Camp -  Old Shawnee Town

• Summer Concert Series - Wonderscope Park

• Tour de Shawnee - HyVee Civic Centre Park

• Hands - On History Days! - Old Shawnee Town

• Holiday Treasures Craft Festival - Civic Centre

• Kansas Characters Camp -   Old Shawnee Town

•  Easter Egg Hunt - Gum Springs Park, Civic Centre

• 4th of July Fireworks Display - Shawnee Mission Park

•  Movies In the Park - Thomas A. Soetaert Aquatics Center

• NeighborWood - Arbor Day Celebration Civic Centre Park

• Great Griller's Blues & Barbeque Contest - Civic Centre Park

• Tuesdays on the Twenties - Silent Films - Old Shawnee Town

• Cinderella's Ball - Daddy & Daughter Date Night - Civic Centre

Shawnee Education

Shawnee children are served by two public school districts and several private schools.

SHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOL DISTRICT (SMSD)
7235 Antioch, Shawnee Mission, KS 66204 (913) 993-6200

• Elementary
• Middle School
• High School

DESOTO SCHOOL DISTRICT (DESOTO)
35200 W. 91st Street, DeSoto, KS 66018 (913) 583-8300

• Elementary
• Middle School
• High School
• DeSoto School District Map

Shawnee also offers homeowners a number of higher level educational opportunities, including:

Johnson County Community College
University of Kansas
Kansas State University
Kansas State Department of Education

Shawnee Nature

There is a natural mineral spring in Shawnee called Cottonwood Spring, located about a mile southwest of the mission, said to possess great healing powers. The Native American Indians called it's water "medicine water". Cottonwood Spring is where Fremont pitched his first camp after leaving Independence, Mo., on his tour across the plains, and is sometimes called Fremont's Spring.