Shanksville, Pennsylvania | |
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 Shanksville's Main Street in July 2006 | |
| Etymology: Christian Shank (founder) | |
 Location of Shanksville in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. | |
.svg) Location of Pennsylvania in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 40°1′2″N 78°54′21″W / 40.01722°N 78.90583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Somerset |
| Township | Stonycreek |
| Settled | 1798 |
| Incorporated | January 25, 1913 |
| Founded by | Christian Shank |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.20 sq mi (0.51 km2) |
| • Land | 0.20 sq mi (0.51 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Population | |
• Total | 197  |
• Estimate (2021)[2] | 195 |
| • Density | 1,076.14/sq mi (414.98/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 42-69680 |
Shanksville is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of 197 as of the 2020 U.S. census.[2] It is part of the Somerset, Pennsylvania Micropolitan Statistical Area and is located 78 miles (126 km) southeast of Pittsburgh and 226 miles (364 km) west of Philadelphia.
Shanksville garnered global attention during the September 11 attacks when United Airlines Flight 93, bound from Newark, New Jersey, for San Francisco, crashed in adjacent Stonycreek Township after its passengers rebelled against the flight's al-Qaeda terrorist hijackers. It was the only one of the four hijacked planes that failed to reach the terrorists' intended target.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
- ^ a b c "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 25, 2022.