Shamokin (/ʃəˈmoʊkᵻn/; Saponi Algonquian “Schahamokink” "place of eels") (Lenape: Shahëmokink ) is a city in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, at the western edge of the Anthracite Coal Region. (The original Saponi village of Shamokin, of the same name, was located near the current site of Sunbury, the seat of Northumberland County.) At the 2010 census the population was 7,374 residents.
Population: 7,374
Latitude: 40° 47' 20.29" N
Longitude: -76° 33' 31.86" W
Knoebels Amusement Resort is a family-owned and operated amusement park, picnic grove, and campground in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. It is and has been America's largest free admission park for 89 years of operation. Opened in 1926, the park has more th…
Danville is a borough in and the county seat of Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the North Branch of the Susquehanna River. Danville was home to 8,042 people in 1900, 7,517 people in 1910, and 7,122 people in 1940. The population w…
Northumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 94,528. Its county seat is Sunbury. The county was formed in 1772 from parts of Lancaster, Berks, Bedford, Cumberland, and Northam…
Byrnesville was a town located in Conyngham Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was located about halfway between Centralia and Ashland.
Mount Carmel is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,390 at the 2000 census. It is located 88 miles (141 km) northwest of Philadelphia and 71 miles (114 km) northeast of Harrisburg, in the Anthracite …
Geisinger Medical Center is a hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania, serving as the primary hospital for the Danville-based Geisinger Health System, a primary chain of hospitals and clinics which includes the Danville medical center across northeastern…
Ashland is a borough in Schuylkill County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Pottsville. A small part of the borough also lies in Columbia County, although all of the population resided in the Schuylkill County portion …
Catawissa is a borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,551 at the 2010 census.
The Phoenix is a wooden roller coaster located at the Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
Tower City is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Williamstown is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 38 miles (61 km) northeast of Harrisburg. Formerly, Anthracite coal mines were here, as well as hosiery mills.
Danville State Hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania is a mental health facility operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.
Coal Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Montour County, Pennsylvania.
Conyngham Township is a township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 792 at the 2000 census. Conyngham Township surrounds the famous borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania and part of the mine fire is located here.
Riverside is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,861 at the 2000 census.
Kulpmont is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Klingerstown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.