Shickshinny

borough in western Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
AdministrativeArea borough_of_pennsylvania Q1181100
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Shickshinny

Summary

Shickshinny is a borough of Pennsylvania[1]. Shickshinny ranks in the top 6% of borough_of_pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shickshinny is located in Luzerne County[3].
  • Shickshinny is in the country of United States[4].
  • Shickshinny's image is recorded as View of Shickshinny, Pennsylvania from the Mocanaqua Loop Trail.JPG[5].
  • Shickshinny's instance of is recorded as borough of Pennsylvania[6].
  • Shickshinny's shares border with is recorded as Conyngham Township[7].
  • Shickshinny's shares border with is recorded as Salem Township[8].
  • Shickshinny's shares border with is recorded as Union Township[9].
  • Shickshinny Creek is named after Shickshinny[10].
  • Shickshinny's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 226769579[11].
  • Shickshinny's locator map image is recorded as Luzerne County Pennsylvania Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Shickshinny Highlighted.svg[12].
  • Shickshinny's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2012001794[13].
  • Shickshinny's postal code is recorded as 18655[14].
  • Shickshinny's Commons category is recorded as Shickshinny, Pennsylvania[15].
  • Shickshinny's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 189050[16].
  • Shickshinny's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00[17].
  • Shickshinny's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[18].
  • Shickshinny's local dialing code is recorded as 570[19].
  • +1861-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shickshinny[20].
  • Shickshinny's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1215408[21].
  • Shickshinny's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1187506[22].
  • Shickshinny's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.15314, 'lon': -76.15021}[23].
  • Shickshinny's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0_4fm[24].
  • Shickshinny's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 42-70224[25].
  • Shickshinny's significant event is recorded as first settlement[26].
  • Shickshinny's official website is recorded as http://www.shickshinny.org/[27].

Body

Geography

Shickshinny is in the country of United States[4]. Shickshinny is located in Luzerne County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+0.50'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1.291073'}[29]. Shickshinny's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+156'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+959'}[31], {'amount': '+838'}[32], {'amount': '+835'}[33], and {'amount': '+632'}[34].

Designation and Status

Shickshinny's instance of is recorded as borough of Pennsylvania[6].

History and Context

+1861-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shickshinny[20]. Shickshinny Creek is named after Shickshinny[10].

Why It Matters

Shickshinny ranks in the top 6% of borough_of_pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month).[2] Shickshinny has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [7] . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . rootsweb.ancestry.com. rootsweb.ancestry.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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