Shakertowne, MO

Shakertowne is a Perry County census-designated place bordered on the north by Perryville, where the 2020 census counted 625 residents. Interstate 55 forms the CDP’s western edge, and Exit 129 near Missouri Route 51 provides the main interstate access. St. Louis lies north along I-55 and Cape Girardeau lies south, so the community’s map is closely tied to the corridor even though its streets meet the county-seat edge.

Shakertowne was first listed as a CDP before the 2020 census, giving a newer census boundary to a place that sits beside Perryville’s established town line. Perryville supplies county offices, schools, shopping, and other daily services, while the highway carries longer trips through southeast Missouri. The name marks a small residential pocket, but the surrounding landscape reaches from Perryville’s civic center to the farms and roads of central Perry County. Shakertowne is a highway-side community with a county-seat neighbor and a clear southeast Missouri orientation. That makes the place easy to reach even when local routines stay close to Perryville.