City of Shamokin
City of Shamokin is a locality in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. City of Shamokin is situated nearby to the hamlet Marshallton, as well as near Fairview.Places of Interest
Highlights include State Correctional Institution – Coal Township and Shamokin Area High School.
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.
Shamokin Area High School
School
Shamokin Area High School is a small, rural/suburban, public high school operated by Shamokin Area School District. It is the sole high school operated by the district. The building is labeled Shamokin Area Middle–High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shamokin and Ranshaw.
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.
Ranshaw
Hamlet
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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.
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.
City of Shamokin
- Type: Locality with 7,370 residents
- Location: Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.7883° or 40° 47′ 18″ northLongitude
-76.555° or 76° 33′ 18″ westPopulation
7,370Elevation
797 feet (243 metres)Open location code
87G5QCQV+8XGeoNames ID
5211634
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