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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 became infamous for a fire at its Dunkin' Donuts in 2016; a local news video with citizens expressing their displeasure went viral. [15] Featured in the song "We Did the Samba in Shamokin" (1958), [16] conducted by Henry Mancini. The song was sampled as bumper music for Bob and Ray's radio show on WOR (AM) in the mid-1970s.
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 Township, Pennsylvania; Shamokin (village), 18th century Native American settlement near the site of present Sunbury; Great Shamokin Path, a Native American trail; Shamokin Area School District, a public school district in Northumberland County; Shamokin Valley Railroad, in Northumberland County; Shamokin Creek, a tributary of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sep. 28—SHAMOKIN — A new city business will offer gamblers a chance at playing one of the 20 skill game machines inside Little Vegas Shamokin on North Second Street. Coal Township resident ...
The 1877 Shamokin uprising occurred in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, in July 1877, as one of the several cities in the state where strikes occurred as part of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. It was the first in the United States in which workers across the country united in an action against major companies.