In 1852-1857, George W. Barnett operated the first store in Shaw’s Point Township, which was located on his property at the intersection of the Atwater Road and Route 108. For a brief period, the store also housed a post office. Later in the 1850s George Barnett platted the town of Barnett on his farm ground just south of his earlier store. Read more in MACOUPIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS HISTORY & FAMILIES available in our genealogy library or through this website.