Moshannon, Pennsylvania
Census designated place
Intersection of PA Routes 144 and 53
Intersection of PA Routes 144 and 53
Map showing Centre County in Pennsylvania
Map showing Centre County in Pennsylvania
Moshannon is located in Pennsylvania
Moshannon
Moshannon
Location in Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 41°1′55″N 78°0′18″W / 41.03194°N 78.00500°W / 41.03194; -78.00500
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyCentre
TownshipSnow Shoe
Area
[1]
 • Total0.34 sq mi (0.87 km2)
 • Land0.34 sq mi (0.87 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,531 ft (467 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total213
 • Density635.82/sq mi (245.49/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code
16859
FIPS code42-51240
GNIS feature ID1181610

Moshannon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Snow Shoe Township, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 281 residents.[3] It is located 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Interstate 80 at the convergence of Pennsylvania Routes 53 and 144. Black Moshannon Creek, part of the West Branch Susquehanna River watershed, runs through a 200-foot-deep (60 m) valley half a mile (0.8 km) south of the town.

The community takes its name from Moshannon Creek, a Native American name purported to mean "moose stream".[4]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020213—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Moshannon CDP, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  4. ^ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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