Shamokin (/ʃəˈmoʊkɪn/; Saponi Algonquian Schahamokink, meaning "place of eels") (Lenape Indian language: Shahëmokink[4]) is a city in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Canasatego of the Six Nations, enforcing the Walking Purchase on behalf of Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania George Thomas, ordered the Lenape to two places on the Susquehanna River.

During the nationwide Great Railroad Strike of July 1877, workers in the 1877 Shamokin uprising marched and demonstrated.

Shamokin was incorporated earlier as a borough under the Commonwealth constitution on November 9, 1864, and as a city on February 21, 1949.

In addition to anthracite coal-mining, it became an industrial center in the 19th century, with silk and knitting mills, stocking and shirt factories, wagon shops, ironworks, and brickyards.

The dominant Eagle Silk Mill became the largest textile manufacturing building under one roof in the United States.

In 1905, resident William A. Conway wrote Murder at Hickory Ridge, a dime novel, hoping to cash in on their popularity.

They developed a way to print a roll of tickets, planning to market them to the movie theaters being built in the area.

To meet a request by the nearby Hazleton Baseball Club, they partnered with merchant Nicholas R. Ludes to make a big purchase of colored paper.

The replacement building at Pearl Street and Ticket Avenue was completed in 1950 and has since served as company headquarters.

The Victoria Theatre in town was listed on the National Register of Historic Places maintained by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1985.

The city has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) and average monthly temperatures range from 25.9 °F (−3.4 °C) in January to 71.1 °F (21.7 °C) in July.

Luzerne County Community College (LCCC) has a satellite campus in the Careerlink Building on Arch Street.