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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 7,470 residents
- Description: city in southeastern Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Coal”, “Schahamokink”, “Shamokin, PA”, and “Shamokin, Pennsylvania”
- Postal code: 17872
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 Ranshaw and Bear Valley.
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. Ranshaw is situated 2 miles east of Shamokin.
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.
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
- Categories: city of Pennsylvania and locality
- Location: Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.7888° or 40° 47′ 20″ northLongitude
-76.5585° or 76° 33′ 31″ westPopulation
7,470Elevation
722 feet (220 metres)United Nations Location Code
US YSHOpen location code
87G5QCQR+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 158335039OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Shamokin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شاموكين”
- Basque: “Shamokin”
- Catalan: “Shamokin”
- Cebuano: “Shamokin”
- Chechen: “Шемокин”
- Chinese: “Shamokin”
- Chinese: “沙莫金”
- Czech: “Shamokin”
- Dagbani: “Shamokin”
- Dutch: “Shamokin”
- French: “Shamokin”
- German: “Shamokin”
- Gilaki: “شاموکین (پنسيلوانيا)”
- Gilaki: “شاموکین”
- Haitian: “Shamokin, Pennsilvani”
- Haitian: “Shamokin”
- Irish: “Shamokin”
- Italian: “Shamokin”
- Japanese: “シャモキン”
- Korean: “샤모킨”
- Ladin: “Shamokin”
- Lithuanian: “Šamokinas”
- Malagasy: “Shamokin, Pennsylvania”
- Malagasy: “Shamokin”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Shamokin”
- Persian: “شاموکین، پنسیلوانیا”
- Persian: “شاموکین”
- Polish: “Shamokin”
- Portuguese: “Shamokin”
- Russian: “Шамокин”
- Serbian: “Шамокин”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Shamokin, Pennsylvania”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Shamokin”
- Slovak: “Shamokin”
- South Azerbaijani: “شاموکین، پنسیلوانیا”
- Spanish: “Shamokin”
- Tatar: “Шемокин”
- Turkish: “Shamokin, Pensilvanya”
- Turkish: “Shamokin”
- Ukrainian: “Шемокін”
- Uzbek: “Shamokin”
- Uzbek: “Шамокин”
- Vietnamese: “Shamokin, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Shamokin”
- Volapük: “Shamokin”
- Waray (Philippines): “Shamokin, Pennsylvania”
- Waray (Philippines): “Shamokin”
- Welsh: “Shamokin, Pennsylvania”
- Welsh: “Shamokin”
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