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Shamokin was founded in 1835 by the coal speculators John C. Boyd and Ziba Bird; it was known as Boyd's Stone-coal Quarry, Boydtown, and New Town. [6] The discovery in the region of anthracite coal resources, or hard coal, became the basis of much industry.
Shamokin (/ ʃ ə ˈ m oʊ k ɪ n /; Saponi Algonquian Schahamokink: "place of crawfish") (Lenape: Shahëmokink [1]) was a multi-ethnic Native American trading village on the Susquehanna River, located partially within the limits of the modern cities of Sunbury and Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania.
Shamokin Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the 2010 Census was 2,407, [ 3 ] an increase over the figure of 2,159 tabulated in 2000. The city of Shamokin does not sit within the boundaries of Shamokin Township. but is inside Coal Township bordering it to the south.
Shamokin, Pennsylvania, a city in Northumberland County; Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania, a borough in Snyder County; Shamokin Township, Pennsylvania; Shamokin (village), 18th century Native American settlement near the site of present Sunbury
Shamokin was established in central Pennsylvania by Lenape who were displaced from their traditional homeland along the Delaware river by growing colonial communities in the early 18th century. The earliest reference to thec town is in 1711, when the Shawnee chief Opessa Straight Tail is recorded as marrying Polly, the daughter of Sassoonan ...
The Shamokin Dam Police Department is located in the Borough Office complex on 8th Avenue. Current department authorized strength is 3 full time and two part time officers. Shamokin Dam Volunteer Fire Department, Company 90, the station house can be found at 3343 North Old Trail. The Americus Community Ambulance Service, which is based in ...
Shamokin Area High School (Shamokin, Pennsylvania) 50–20–0 1901; 123 years ago () Anthracite "hard" Coal Region Eastern Pennsylvania Football clash. Schools separated by 27 miles via PA Route 901. The last meeting at Shamokin's Kemp Memorial Stadium on August 30, 2013 was won by Pottsville 41–13. [34]
Great Shamokin Path Pennsylvania Historical Marker on Pennsylvania Route 150 west of Lock Haven. The Great Shamokin Path (also known as the "Shamokin Path") was a major Native American trail in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania that ran from the native village of Shamokin (modern-day Sunbury) along the left bank of the West Branch Susquehanna River north and then west to the Great Island (near ...