SR goes through Shinnston then crosses to the Northern side of the river.

The settler for whom the town was named; built a log house here around 1778. It was not until the second decade of the 19th century that the streets were laid out and the middle of the 19th century when it was incorporated as Shinn's Town. When a new charter was secured in the 1870's the name was changed to Shinnston. The original log house, over 230 years young, still stands and is maintained by the Shinnston Historical Association which periodically opens it to the public. Its early economy was built around both grain mills and saw mills. In the early 1900's, oil wells, gas wells and coal were the significant contributors to the town's economy.