Ranshaw
Ranshaw is a village located in Coal Township, Northumberland County in the state of Pennsylvania. The community is located to the east of the city of Shamokin. As of the 2020 census the population was 176 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 510 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Brady”, “Ranshaw, PA”, and “Ranshaw, Pennsylvania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include State Correctional Institution – Coal Township.
State Correctional Institution – Coal Township
Prison
The State Correctional Institution – Coal Township, commonly referred to as SCI Coal Township, is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison. Thomas McGinley is its superintendent. SCI Coal Township houses about 2,300 inmates. State Correctional Institution – Coal Township is situated 2½ miles northwest of Ranshaw.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coal Run and Shamokin.
Coal Run
Hamlet
Coal Run is an unincorporated community in Coal Township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Coal Run is located at the intersection of Hickory Road and Fidler Green Road east of Shamokin.
Shamokin
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Shamokin 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.
Bear Valley
Hamlet
Bear Valley is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, near Shamokin. It is the site of an abandoned anthracite strip mine. This strip mine is a popular place for observing the Llewellyn Formation. Bear Valley is situated 3 miles west of Ranshaw.
Ranshaw
Latitude
40.78592° or 40° 47′ 9″ northLongitude
-76.51801° or 76° 31′ 5″ westPopulation
510Elevation
856 feet (261 metres)Open location code
87G5QFPJ+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 157572723OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5207593Wikidata ID
Q6100315
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Ranshaw” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ranshaw”
- Chechen: “Раншо”
- French: “Ranshaw”
- German: “Ranshaw”
- Gilaki: “رنشاو (پنسيلوانيا)”
- Gilaki: “رنشاو”
- Irish: “Ranshaw”
- Italian: “Ranshaw”
- Ladin: “Ranshaw”
- Malagasy: “Ranshaw, Pennsylvania”
- Malagasy: “Ranshaw”
- Persian: “رنشا، پنسیلوانیا”
- Persian: “رنشا”
- Serbian: “Раншо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ranshaw, Pennsylvania”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ranshaw”
- South Azerbaijani: “رنشا، پنسیلوانیا”
- Spanish: “Ranshaw”
- Tatar: “Раншо”
- Turkish: “Ranshaw, PA”
- Turkish: “Ranshaw”
- Ukrainian: “Раншо”
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Notable Places Nearby
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