Shamokin, Pennsylvania

Shamokin, Pennsylvania
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Coordinates: 40°47′21″N 76°33′17″W / 40.78917°N 76.55472°W / 40.78917; -76.55472
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Northumberland
Settled	1835
Incorporated (borough)	1864
Incorporated (city)	1949
Government
• Type	City
• Mayor	Richard Ulrich (R)
Area [1]
• 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 [2] (benchmark in center of city)	741 ft (226 m)
Highest elevation [2] (northern boundary on Big Mountain)	1,080 ft (330 m)
Lowest elevation [2] (Shamokin Creek)	710 ft (220 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	6,942
• Estimate  (2019)[3]	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^[4]) 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.