Shanksville
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borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States
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The entry is geolocated on the map.
It is catalogued under topics including 1913 establishments in Pennsylvania, Boroughs in Somerset County, Pennsylvania and Populated places established in 1798.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Somerset
- Township
- Stonycreek
- Incorporated
- January 25, 1913
- Founded by
- Christian Shank
- Total
- 0.20 sq mi (0.51 km )
- Land
- 0.20 sq mi (0.51 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Density
- 1,000/sq mi (390/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Fips code
- 42-69680
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough of Pennsylvania
- Official name
- Shanksville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Somerset County
- Population
- 199
- Area
- 0.510871
- Elevation
- 680
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Stonycreek River
- Image
- Shanksville main street2.jpg
- Households
- 69
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- Commons category
- Shanksville, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1798-00-00
- native label
- Shanksville
- water area
- 0
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 25857
- postal code
- 15560
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Encyclopedic overview
Shanksville is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of 199 as of the 2020 U.S. census. It is part of the Somerset, Pennsylvania, Micropolitan Statistical Area, and is located 78 miles (126 km) southeast of Pittsburgh and 226 miles (364 km) west of Philadelphia.
Shanksville garnered global attention during the September 11 attacks when United Airlines Flight 93, bound from Newark, New Jersey, for San Francisco, crashed in adjacent Stonycreek Township after its passengers rebelled against the flight's al-Qaeda terrorist hijackers. It was the only one of the four hijacked planes that failed to reach the terrorists' intended target.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shanksville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.