Shamokin, Pennsylvania
Shamokin, Pennsylvania | |
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City | |
Location of Shamokin and adjacent Coal Township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (left) and of Northumberland County in Pennsylvania (right) | |
| Coordinates: 40°47′21″N 76°33′17″W / 40.78917°N 76.55472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Northumberland |
| Settled | 1835 |
| Incorporated (borough) | 1864 |
| Incorporated (city) | 1949 |
| Government | |
| • Type | City |
| • Mayor | Richard Ulrich (R) |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.83 sq mi (2.16 km2) |
| • Land | 0.83 sq mi (2.16 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation (benchmark in center of city) | 741 ft (226 m) |
| Highest elevation (northern boundary on Big Mountain) | 1,080 ft (330 m) |
| Lowest elevation (Shamokin Creek) | 710 ft (220 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 6,942 |
• Estimate (2019) | 6,952 |
| • Density | 8,335.73/sq mi (3,218.37/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Standard Time (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 17872 |
| Area code(s) | 570 and 272 |
| FIPS code | 42-69600 |
| Website | http://www.shamokincity.org/ |
Shamokin - (/ʃəˈmoʊkɪn/; Saponi Algonquian Schahamokink, meaning "place of eels") (Lenape Indian language: Shahëmokink) 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. At the 2020 United States census, the population was 6,942.