Shamokin Dam

Shamokin Dam 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.
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  • Village with 1,460 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 482 feet (147 metres)
  • Description: borough in northeastern Snyder County, Pennsylvania
  • Postal code: 17876
  • Also known as
    “Shamokin Dam, PA”
    “Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania”
    “Shanokin Dam”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Veterans Memorial Bridge and Northumberland County Courthouse.
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Shamokin Dam

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Latitude
40.8487° or 40° 50′ 55″ north
Longitude
-76.8197° or 76° 49′ 11″ west
Open location code
87G5R5XJ+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 157639493
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5211637
Wiki­data ID
Q1180828

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Shamokin Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شاموكين دم”
  • Basque: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Catalan: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Cebuano: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Chechen: “Шемокин-Дам”
  • Dutch: “Shamokin Dam”
  • French: “Shamokin Dam”
  • German: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Gilaki: “شمکن دم (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “شمکن دم”
  • Haitian: “Shamokin Dam, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Italian: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Ladin: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Malagasy: “Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania”
  • Malagasy: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shamokin Dam (Pennsylvania)”
  • Norwegian: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Portuguese: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Russian: “Шамокин Дам”
  • Serbian: “Шамокин Дам”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Spanish: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Tatar: “Шемокин-Дам”
  • Ukrainian: “Шемокін-Дам”
  • Urdu: “شاموکن ڈیم، پنسلوانیا”
  • Uzbek: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Uzbek: “Шамокин Дам”
  • Vietnamese: “Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Volapük: “Shamokin Dam”
  • Welsh: “Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Shamokin Dam”

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