Many absentee Shawnee Indians migrated to this region from the old Northwest Territory in the early 1800’s, settled, and opened farms. A settlement of more than 200 residents in the vicinity became known as Shawneetown. The Shawnees were removed when the land was ceded to the Choctaws in 1830. After the removal of the Choctaws from Mississippi, Choctaw Robert M. Jones farmed several hundred acres here with black slaves. A post office was established as Kulli Chuck Chu in 1882; it became Culli Inla in 1886 and Shawneetown on August 16, 1892, with Robert M. Love, a descendant of Robert M. Jones, as postmaster. The store and post office were later moved north to higher ground away from the river.