Asherton

Asherton is a hamlet in Lower Augusta Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Asherton is situated nearby to the hamlet Patricksburg, as well as near Fishers Ferry.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Selinsgrove Speedway and Gov. Simon Snyder Mansion.

Selinsgrove Speedway

Sports venue

Selinsgrove Speedway is a 0.5 mi high-banked clay dirt oval south of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. Selinsgrove Speedway is situated 2½ miles west of Asherton.

The Gov. Simon Snyder Mansion is an historic home that is located in Selinsgrove in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. The home of the third Governor of Pennsylvania, Simon Snyder, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Gov. Simon Snyder Mansion is situated 2 miles northwest of Asherton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selinsgrove and Dornsife.

Selinsgrove

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

Selinsgrove is the largest borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population is estimated to be 5,761 for the 2020 Census. Selinsgrove is geographically located in the middle of the Susquehanna River Valley in Central Pennsylvania, along U.S. Routes 11 and 15, 45 miles north of Harrisburg and 5.7 miles southwest of Sunbury.

Dornsife

Hamlet

Dornsife is a populated place in Little Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a ZIP code of 17823. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the ZIP Code Tabulation Area had a population of 1,273, with a median age of 41.9. Dornsife is situated 3½ miles southeast of Asherton.

Shamokin Dam

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Shamokin Dam is a borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,647 at the 2020 census. "Shamokin", or "Shahëmokink" in the Delaware language, and Schahamokink in another Algonquian language, means "place of eels." The borough name is also derived from a 10-foot-tall dam that was built across the Susquehanna River in the 19th century.

Asherton

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Lower Augusta Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.78814° or 40° 47′ 17″ north

Longitude

-76.82386° or 76° 49′ 26″ west

Elevation

502 feet (153 metres)

Open location code

87G5Q5QG+7F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158357194

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5178594

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