Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County
South Abington Township

Chinchilla

Chinchilla is a village and census-designated place in and South Abington townships, , , United States. The CDP's population was 2,098 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 2,100 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Chinchilla, PA” and “Chinchilla, Pennsylvania”
  • Postal code: 18410

Places of Interest

Highlights include Viewmont Mall and Penn Foster High School.

Shopping center
is a located in . It is anchored by JCPenney, Macy's, Dick's House of Sport, and HomeGoods. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Chinchilla.

School
is a for-profit online high school in the United States. The school offers online high school diploma program and various career-focused concentration programs. is situated 2 miles south of Chinchilla.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clarks Summit and Dickson City.

Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
is a borough in , northwest of in . The population was 5,108 at the 2020 census. It is also the northern control city of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension, I-476, though the official terminus is in adjacent South Abington Township.

Town
Photo: Jared Kofsky, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a borough in , United States, 4 miles north of . Coal mining was an important industry in the past. The borough's population peaked at 12,395 in 1930 and was 6,051 at the 2020 census. is situated 3½ miles east of Chinchilla.

Village
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
is a borough in , , United States, adjoining . Formerly, coal mining and silk manufacturing provided employment for the people of , who numbered 2,204 in 1900 and 5,133 in 1910. is situated 4 miles southeast of Chinchilla.

Chinchilla

Latitude
41.47508° or 41° 28′ 30″ north
Longitude
-75.67714° or 75° 40′ 38″ west
Population
2,100
Elevation
1,165 feet (355 metres)
Open location code
87H6F8GF+24
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158572258
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
5184233
Wiki­data ID
Q5100306
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Chinchilla” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Chinchilla”
  • Chechen: “Чинчилла”
  • French: “Chinchilla”
  • German: “Chinchilla”
  • Gilaki: “چینچیلا (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “چینچیلا”
  • Irish: “Chinchilla”
  • Italian: “Chinchilla”
  • Ladin: “Chinchilla”
  • Persian: “چینچیلا، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Persian: “چینچیلا”
  • Serbian: “Чинчила”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chinchilla, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chinchilla”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چینچیلا، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Spanish: “Chinchilla”
  • Tatar: “Чинчилла”
  • Ukrainian: “Чинчилла”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include South Abington Community Park and Chinchilla Hose Company Station 2.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chinchilla”. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0.