Pennsylvania · Census place 4269616
Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania
Shamokin Dam is a borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,633 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 478th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,633
- #478 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -0.9%
- -14 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 883 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Shamokin Dam population, 2020 to 2024
Shamokin Dam lost 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -5.
Shamokin Dam covers 1.85 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 883 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Shamokin Dam is less dense than the typical town.
What county Shamokin Dam is in
All of Shamokin Dam's residents live in Snyder County, which had 39,627 residents in 2024. Shamokin Dam holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Shamokin Dam
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shamokin Dam by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17876. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Shamokin Dam is
The Census internal point of Shamokin Dam is at 40.858200, -76.825800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 41.2 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sunbury, PA (9,549 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 72.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.858200, -76.825800
- DMS
- 40°51'29.52"N 76°49'32.88"W
- UTM
- 18N 346115.0E 4524620.4N
- Geohash
- dr327y10m
- Plus code
- 87G5V55F+7M
Daylight in Shamokin Dam
At 40.86° N, Shamokin Dam gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Shamokin Dam
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Sunbury, 2.1 miles away, with 9,549 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Shamokin Dam, PA?
1,633 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 14 (0.9%) from 1,647 in July 2020.
What county is Shamokin Dam in?
Snyder County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Shamokin Dam?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17876.
How far is Shamokin Dam from Harrisburg?
41.2 miles (66.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Shamokin Dam.
What is the nearest larger city to Shamokin Dam?
Sunbury, PA, with 9,549 residents, 2.1 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.