Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Stonycreek Township
Township
The temporary Flight 93 National Memorial
Location of Stonycreek Township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Location of Somerset County in Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Somerset
Area [1]
• Total	61.40 sq mi (159.02 km2)
• Land	61.13 sq mi (158.33 km2)
• Water	0.27 sq mi (0.69 km2)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	2,087
• Estimate  (2022)[3]	2,066
• Density	34.14/sq mi (13.18/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	42-111-74440

Stonycreek Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township takes its name from the stony creek, which flows through it and represents its western boundary. The stream takes its name from the rocky bed over which it flows for a great part of its course. Its Indian name was Sinne-Hanne or Achsin-Hanne. Hanne means a stream and especially a swift mountain stream.^{[citation needed]} The population was 2,087 at the 2020 census.^[2] It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, metropolitan statistical area.

Stonycreek Township garnered global attention during the September 11 attacks when United Airlines Flight 93, intended to strike the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., crashed into a field near downtown after civilian passengers on the flight from Newark, New Jersey to San Francisco International Airport rebelled against the flight's al-Qaeda terrorist hijackers.