Moshannon, Pennsylvania

Moshannon, Pennsylvania
Moshannon, Pennsylvania
Census designated place
	Intersection of PA Routes 144 and 53
	Map showing Centre County in Pennsylvania
	Moshannon Location in Pennsylvania Moshannon Moshannon (the United States)
	Coordinates: 41°1′55″N 78°0′18″W / 41.03194°N 78.00500°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Centre
Township	Snow Shoe
Area
• Total	0.34 sq mi (0.87 km2)
• Land	0.34 sq mi (0.87 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	1,531 ft (467 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	213
• Density	635.82/sq mi (245.49/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code	16859
FIPS code	42-51240
GNIS feature ID	1181610

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]

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "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.
^ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.