Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Stonycreek Township | |
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The temporary Flight 93 National Memorial | |
Location of Stonycreek Township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania | |
Location of Somerset County in Pennsylvania | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Somerset |
| Area | |
• Total | 61.40 sq mi (159.02 km2) |
| • Land | 61.13 sq mi (158.33 km2) |
| • Water | 0.27 sq mi (0.69 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,087 |
• Estimate (2022) | 2,066 |
| • Density | 34.14/sq mi (13.18/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 42-111-74440 |
Stonycreek Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township takes its name from the stony creek, which flows through it and represents its western boundary. The stream takes its name from the rocky bed over which it flows for a great part of its course. Its Indian name was Sinne-Hanne or Achsin-Hanne. Hanne means a stream and especially a swift mountain stream. The population was 2,087 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, metropolitan statistical area.
Stonycreek Township garnered global attention during the September 11 attacks when United Airlines Flight 93, intended to strike the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., crashed into a field near downtown after civilian passengers on the flight from Newark, New Jersey to San Francisco International Airport rebelled against the flight's al-Qaeda terrorist hijackers.