Place:Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

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NameShamokin
Alt namesFort Augustasource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCity
Coordinates40.789°N 76.555°W
Located inNorthumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Shamokin (; Saponi Algonquian Schahamokink, meaning "place of eels") (Lenape Indian language: Shahëmokink) is a city in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, surrounded by Coal Township at the western edge of the Anthracite Coal Region in central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley. It was named after a Saponi Indian village, Schahamokink. At the 2020 decennial United States Census, the population was 6,942.

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