Pennsylvania
Northumberland
City of Sunbury

Sunbury

Sunbury is a city and the county seat of in , United States. Located in the Susquehanna Valley, Sunbury is positioned on the east bank of the .
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  • Type: City with 9,720 residents
  • Description: city in western Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Shamokin”, “Simsbury”, “Sunbury, PA”, and “Sunbury, Pennsylvania”
  • Postal code: 17801

Places of Interest

Highlights include Northumberland County Courthouse and Shikellamy High School.

Courthouse
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The is an historic county courthouse located in Sunbury, . Erected in 1865, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

School
is a public high school located in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States. The school was named after Oneida Chief Shikellamy. The building was built in 1929.

Cemetery
is a cemetery located in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Former members of the United States Congress and U.S. Medal of Honor winners are among the notable interments here.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shamokin Dam and Kapp Heights.

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is a borough in , 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 in the 19th century.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place located in Point Township, in the state of . The community is located very close to the borough of along Pennsylvania Route 147, near the confluence of the and .

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place located in Union Township, in the state of . The community is located in eastern Union County at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 304 and U.S. Route 15, which is located along the shores of the . is situated 4½ miles northwest of Sunbury.

Sunbury

Latitude
40.86198° or 40° 51′ 43″ north
Longitude
-76.79363° or 76° 47′ 37″ west
Population
9,720
Elevation
466 feet (142 metres)
Open location code
87G5V664+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26145682
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5214814
Wiki­data ID
Q1187059
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Sunbury” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صنبوري”
  • Basque: “Sunbury”
  • Catalan: “Sunbury”
  • Cebuano: “Sunbury”
  • Chechen: “Санбери”
  • Chinese: “Sunbury”
  • Chinese: “森伯里”
  • Cornish: “Sunbury, Pennsylvani”
  • Cornish: “Sunbury”
  • Czech: “Sunbury”
  • Dagbani: “Sunbury”
  • Dutch: “Sunbury”
  • French: “Sunbury”
  • German: “Sunbury”
  • Gilaki: “سانبري (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “سانبري”
  • Haitian: “Sunbury, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Sunbury”
  • Hebrew: “סאנברי”
  • Hungarian: “Sunbury”
  • Irish: “Sunbury, Pennsylvania”
  • Irish: “Sunbury”
  • Italian: “Sunbury Pennsylvania”
  • Italian: “Sunbury”
  • Japanese: “サンベリー”
  • Ladin: “Sunbury”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sunbury”
  • Persian: “سانبری، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Persian: “سانبری”
  • Polish: “Sunbury”
  • Portuguese: “Sunbury”
  • Serbian: “Санбери”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sunbury, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sunbury”
  • Slovak: “Sunbury”
  • Slovenian: “Sunbury”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سانبری، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Spanish: “Sunbury (Pensilvania)”
  • Spanish: “Sunbury”
  • Swedish: “Sunbury, Pennsylvania”
  • Swedish: “Sunbury”
  • Tatar: “Санбери”
  • Turkish: “Sunbury, Pensilvanya”
  • Turkish: “Sunbury”
  • Ukrainian: “Санбері”
  • Urdu: “سنبری، پنسلوانیا”
  • Urdu: “سنبری”
  • Uzbek: “Sunbury”
  • Uzbek: “Сунбурй”
  • Vietnamese: “Sunbury, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Sunbury”
  • Volapük: “Sunbury”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sunbury, Pennsylvania”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sunbury”
  • Welsh: “Sunbury, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Sunbury”

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