Shenandoah, Pennsylvania

Shenandoah, is a borough located in the lower part of the Coal Region , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 105 miles (169 km) northwest of Philadelphia. The United Greek Catholic Church (Ruthenian rite) was the first of that denomination in the United States. In 1900, 20,321 people lived here; in 1910, 25,774 people lived here; in 1920, 24,726 people lived here; and in 1940, 19,790 people lived here. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 5,624.

Origins of the name Shenandoah

The origin of the name Shenandoah is a much debated one. One theory holds that Shenandoah is an Indian word meany "sprucy stream" or "river flowing alongside high hills and mountains." The word Shenandoah does come from Algonquian-Wakashian American Indians which does mean ((Beautiful star daughter; maybe spruce-lined stream or vast prairie.)

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Algonquian - American Indian

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Another theory is the origin of the Shenandoah Valley , Virginia, Indian, of course, and also means "daughter of the skies." Jacob Oliver Roads named Shenadoah after the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia where he had coal interests. Other claims are that Shenandoah is Iroquois for "great plains" and less likely, that it is derived from the Schind-han-dom or "spruce stream." Take your choice.

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