Shanksville, Pennsylvania

About Shanksville

Set in the southwestern part of Pennsylvania, Shanksville is a tiny community counting 190 people who proudly call it home.

Shanksville holds the status of a borough — a form of municipal government most common in the Northeast. The community covers 0.2 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 950 residents per square mile.

📰 Shanksville News Today

• Licensable picture: Attendees react during a service of remembrance memorial at the Flight 93 National Memorial as bells are chimed for each of the 40 passengers that perished on Flight 93, in Shanksville, Pennsylvania reutersconnect.com · Aug 7
• Flight 93 Heroes Remembered During Ceremony in Shanksville, PA firehouse.com · Aug 10
• 9/11 anniversary: Share your memories of the 9/11 terror attacks The Morning Call · Jul 24
• Shanksville Stonycreek Basketball Schedule MaxPreps · Jul 24
• Share your memories of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks Trentonian · Jul 24

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Shanksville Unique

• The only place in America named Shanksville — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.2 sq mi.
• Positioned in southwestern Pennsylvania, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🏫 Schools in Shanksville

• Shanksville-Stonycreek El Sch
• Shanksville-Stonycreek HS
• Shanksville-Stonycreek MS

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Shanksville

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