Shamokin
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.
- Town with about 6,940 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 720 feet (220 metres)
- Description: city in southeastern Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Postal code: 17872
- Also known as“Coal”“Schahamokink”“Shamokin, PA”“Shamokin, Pennsylvania”
Places of Interest
Discover State Correctional Institution – Coal Township and Shamokin Area High School.
State Correctional Institution – Coal Township
Prison
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Shamokin Area High School
School
Shamokin Area High School is a small, rural/suburban…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ranshaw and Bear Valley.
Bear Valley
Hamlet
Bear Valley is an unincorporated community…
Shamokin
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Latitude
40.7888° or 40° 47′ 20″ north
Longitude
-76.5585° or 76° 33′ 31″ west
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Open location code
87G5QCQR+GH
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Shamokin” goes by many names.
شاموكينArabic
ShamokinBasque
ShamokinCatalan
ShamokinCebuano
ШемокинChechen
沙莫金Chinese
ShamokinCzech
ShamokinDagbani
ShamokinDutch
شاموکینGilaki
شاموکین (پنسيلوانيا)Gilaki
ShamokinHaitian
Shamokin, PennsilvaniHaitian
ShamokinIrish
ShamokinItalian
シャモキンJapanese
샤모킨Korean
ShamokinLadin
ŠamokinasLithuanian
ShamokinMalagasy
Shamokin, PennsylvaniaMalagasy
ShamokinMin Nan Chinese
ShamokinNorwegian
Shamokin (Pennsylvania)Norwegian Bokmål
شاموکینPersian
شاموکین، پنسیلوانیاPersian
ShamokinPolish
ШамокинRussian
ШамокинSerbian
ShamokinSerbo-Croatian
Shamokin, PennsylvaniaSerbo-Croatian
ShamokinSlovak
شاموکین، پنسیلوانیاSouth Azerbaijani
ШемокинTatar
ShamokinTurkish
Shamokin, PensilvanyaTurkish
ШемокінUkrainian
شاموکن، پنسلوانیاUrdu
ShamokinUzbek
ШамокинUzbek
ShamokinVietnamese
Shamokin, PennsylvaniaVietnamese
ShamokinVolapük
ShamokinWaray (Philippines)
Shamokin, PennsylvaniaWaray (Philippines)
ShamokinWelsh
Shamokin, PennsylvaniaWelsh
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