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Shenandoah, IA is situated at an elevation of 306 m along Fourmile Creek near its confluence with the East Nishnabotna River, on the border of Fremont and Page Counties in southwestern Iowa. The municipality has a population of about 4,900 (2020).

Shenandoah, originally known as Fair Oaks, was platted in 1870, shortly after the arrival of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad into the neighborhood. Its name is derived from the local valley's resemblance to the Shenandoah Valley, in Virginia.

Tumbler no. B063 shows a view of the Methodist Church of Shenandoah (Shenandoah Methodist Episcopal Church) was originally built in 1868 as a wood-frame structure with seating for roughly 400 people, followed by an expansion in 1872. An new structure replaced this in 1883, but just one day after its dedication on 11 November of that year it was destroyed by the 'Great Fire of '83'. the brick church building depicted on tumbler no. B063 [left] was completed and dedicated in 1884. Over the years, there were several renovations and improvement in the church, which included the rebuilding of the pipe organ in 1960. In 2016 it was announced that the church would close its doors by the end of that year, 150 years after the congregation was formed in 1866.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenandoah,_Iowa; https://republicanherald4.rssing.com/chan-15221936/article14805.html?nocache=0]