Leck Kill, Pennsylvania

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Leck Kill, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Leck Kill is located in Pennsylvania
Leck Kill
Leck Kill
Coordinates: 40°43′00″N 76°37′48″W / 40.71667°N 76.63000°W / 40.71667; -76.63000Coordinates: 40°43′00″N 76°37′48″W / 40.71667°N 76.63000°W / 40.71667; -76.63000
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyNorthumberland
Elevation
768 ft (234 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
17836
Area code(s)272 & 570
GNIS feature ID1203999[1]

Leck Kill is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is 6.2 miles (10.0 km) southwest of Shamokin. Leck Kill had a post office from January 30, 1872, until January 3, 2004; it still has its own ZIP Code, 17836.[2][3]

Leck Kill had an elementary school until 2013, when the Line Mountain School District closed the school and sent students elsewhere in the district. Its former school building opened in 1927.[4] The community was home to a tavern and a mill in the nineteenth century.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Leck Kill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  4. ^ Strawser, Justin (May 14, 2014). "2 schools sold for fraction of worth". The Daily Item. p. B1. Retrieved February 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Bell, Herbert C. (1891). History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Chicago: Brown, Runk & Co. p. 710. Retrieved February 9, 2022.


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