Chinklacamoose, spelled many ways, was an old
Native American village located at what is now
Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Clearfield is a borough and the county seat of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 5,962 people, making it the second most populous community in Clearfield County, behind DuBois. The borough ...
. The village existed from the early 1st century until around the mid to late 17th century. The village was about halfway along the
Great Shamokin Path
The Great Shamokin Path (also known as the "Shamokin Path") was a major Native American trail in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania that ran from the native village of Shamokin (modern-day Sunbury) along the left bank of the West Branch Susquehan ...
, which started at the old Indian village of
Shamokin (present day
Sunbury), along the
West Branch of the Susquehanna River west to its ending point at the village of
Kittanning.
Chinklacamoose kept its name until 1804, when it became the first township for
Clearfield County
Clearfield County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 80,562. The county seat is Clearfield, and the largest city is DuBois. The county was created in 1804 and later organized in 1822.
...
. Only three years later, the township began to split up into smaller townships, like
Beccaria Beccaria is an Italian surname and place name.
People
* Alessandro Beccaria (born 1988), Italian footballer
* Angelo Beccaria (1820–1897), was an Italian landscape painter
* Battista Beccario (15th-century), Genoese cartographer
* Cesare Beccar ...
,
Bradford
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,
Lawrence
Lawrence may refer to:
Education Colleges and universities
* Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States
* Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Preparator ...
and
Pike
Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to:
Fish
* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus''
* Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes
* ''Esox'', genus of ...
by 1813, when Chinklacamoose Township no longer existed and the name was lost to history.
An
historic marker
A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other ...
depicting the old Indian village name, is located near
State Route 879 about 2 1/2 miles south of Clearfield.
References
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External links
Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives souvenir program that mentions "Chink-la-ca-moose"
Native American history of Pennsylvania