Wiconisco, Pennsylvania Explained

Wiconisco, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Mapsize:300px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Dauphin
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Wiconisco
Area Total Km2:2.82
Area Land Km2:2.82
Area Water Km2:0.0
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:921
Population Density Km2:326.1
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:738
Coordinates:40.5733°N -76.6914°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:17097
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:42-84968
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1199792

Wiconisco is a census-designated place in Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its location is just north of U.S. Route 209 and the borough of Lykens. As of the 2010 census the population was 921.[1]

History

A post office has been in operation at Wiconisco since 1835.[2] The community took its name from Wiconisco Creek.[3]

Notable people

References

  1. The U.S. Census Bureau lists the CDP as Wiconsico. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wiconsico [sic] CDP, Pennsylvania]. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. December 23, 2015. https://archive.today/20200213063622/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4284968. February 13, 2020. dead.
  2. Web site: Dauphin County . Jim Forte Postal History . 24 February 2015.
  3. Book: Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania. 1895. Harrisburg Publishing Company. 21.
  4. Book: 1975 . Who Was Who In American History: The Military . Chicago, IL . Marquis Who's Who . 119 . Google Books.