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Shinnston<\/a> was settled during the Revolutionary War period by members of the Quaker Shinn family. Levi Shinn’s 1778 log house is now the oldest house in Harrison County. Shinnston became famous for the Shinnston Tornado<\/a> of June 23, 1944, a freak storm which left 66 people dead in the town and surrounding area.