Shamokin

Also known as Shamokin, PA, Shamokin, Pennsylvania

city in southeastern Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
County: Northumberland
Type: City
Mayor: Richard Ulrich ( R )
Total: 0.83 sq mi (2.16 km )
Land: 0.83 sq mi (2.16 km )
Water: 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Elevation benchmark in center of city: 741 ft (226 m)
Highest elevation northern boundary on b: 1,080 ft (330 m)
Lowest elevation shamokin creek: 710 ft (220 m)
Density: 8,414.5/sq mi (3,248.9/km )
Time zone: UTC-5 ( Eastern Standard Time (EST) )
Summer dst: UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes: 570 and 272
Fips code: 42-69600
Website: http://www.shamokincity.org/

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Shamokin
Population: 6942
Area: 2.160087
Elevation: 800
Official website: www.shamokincity.org
Image: Shamokin, Pennsylvania streetscape.JPG
Households: 3248

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Commons category: Shamokin, Pennsylvania
postal code: 17872
inception: 1835-00-00
P8168: Zygmunt Zimowski
water area: 0
water as percent of area: 0
per capita income: 20563

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Shamokin (/ʃəˈmoʊkɪn/; Saponi Algonquian Schahamokink, meaning "place of eels") (Lenape Indian language: Shahëmokink) is a city in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Surrounded by Coal Township at the western edge of the Anthracite Coal Region in central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley, the city was named after a Saponi Indian village, Schahamokink. At the 2020 United States census, the population was 6,942.

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