Mocanaqua, Pennsylvania | |
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Nickname: "Little Bear" (Ma-con-na-quah)[citation needed] | |
Coordinates: 41°8′28″N 76°8′20″W / 41.14111°N 76.13889°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Luzerne |
Township | Conyngham |
Government | |
• Type | 2nd Class Township |
Area | |
• Total | 0.54 sq mi (1.40 km2) |
• Land | 0.50 sq mi (1.28 km2) |
• Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2) |
Population | |
• Total | 515 |
• Density | 1,038.31/sq mi (401.23/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 18655[3] |
Area code | 570 |
FIPS code | 42-50208 |
GNIS feature ID | 1181387,[4] 2630027[5] |
Mocanaqua is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Conyngham Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 646 at the 2010 census.[6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.54 square miles (1.4 km2), of which 0.50 square miles (1.3 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 9.55%, is water.[7] It is located on the east bank of the Susquehanna River along PA 239, which crosses the river and links Mocanaqua to the borough of Shickshinny.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 515 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] |
Students attend the Greater Nanticoke Area School District.