Lykens
Lykens is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. Anthracite coal mining sustained a population of 2,762 in 1900 and 2,943 in 1910. The population was 1,865 at the 2020 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,850 residents
- Description: Lykens is a borough in northeastern Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. As of 2022 it had a population of 1866 people. Lykens is located along the Wicinisco and Rattling Creeks, which gave it good soil. Lykens township was founded in 1810 as a coal town.
- Also known as: “Lykens, PA” and “Lykens, Pennsylvania”
- Postal code: 17048
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spring Glen and Elizabethville.
Spring Glen
Village
Spring Glen is an unincorporated community in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 25, 5.3 miles east of Gratz. Spring Glen has a post office with ZIP code 17978, which opened on February 24, 1880. Spring Glen is situated 6 miles northeast of Lykens.
Elizabethville
Village
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Elizabethville is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the borough's population was 1,352. It is part of the Harrisburg metropolitan area. Elizabethville is situated 6 miles west of Lykens.
Lykens
- Categories: borough of Pennsylvania and locality
- Location: Borough of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.56675° or 40° 34′ 0″ northLongitude
-76.70052° or 76° 42′ 2″ westPopulation
1,850Elevation
689 feet (210 metres)United Nations Location Code
US YKEOpen location code
87G5H78X+PQOpenStreetMap ID
node 158363628OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lykens” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ليكينز”
- Basque: “Lykens”
- Catalan: “Lykens”
- Cebuano: “Lykens”
- Chechen: “Лайкенс”
- Chinese: “Lykens”
- Dutch: “Lykens”
- French: “Lykens”
- German: “Lykens”
- Gilaki: “لیکنز (پنسيلوانيا)”
- Gilaki: “لیکنز”
- Haitian: “Lykens, Pennsilvani”
- Haitian: “Lykens”
- Italian: “Lykens”
- Ladin: “Lykens”
- Malagasy: “Lykens, Pennsylvania”
- Malagasy: “Lykens”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lykens”
- Portuguese: “Lykens”
- Serbian: “Лајкенс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lykens, Pennsylvania”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lykens”
- Spanish: “Lykens”
- Tatar: “Лайкенс”
- Ukrainian: “Лайкенс”
- Uzbek: “Lykens”
- Uzbek: “Лйкенс”
- Vietnamese: “Lykens, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Lykens”
- Volapük: “Lykens”
- Welsh: “Lykens, Pennsylvania”
- Welsh: “Lykens”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lykens Glen and Wiconisco Township Municipal Building.
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