Weishample, Pennsylvania

Weishample
Unincorporated community
Weishample Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°41′37″N 76°26′46″W / 40.69361°N 76.44611°W / 40.69361; -76.44611Coordinates: 40°41′37″N 76°26′46″W / 40.69361°N 76.44611°W / 40.69361; -76.44611
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Schuylkill
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	17938
Area code(s)	570

Weishample is a community in Barry Township, Schuylkill County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, about 20 miles northeast of Harrisburg.

The town is supposedly named after Rev. John Frederick Weishampel due to his association with John Winebrenner.

Municipalities and communities of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Pottsville

City	Pottsville

Boroughs	Ashland‡ Auburn Coaldale Cressona Deer Lake Frackville Gilberton Girardville Gordon Landingville Mahanoy City McAdoo Mechanicsville Middleport Minersville Mount Carbon New Philadelphia New Ringgold Orwigsburg Palo Alto Pine Grove Port Carbon Port Clinton Ringtown Schuylkill Haven Shenandoah St. Clair Tamaqua Tower City Tremont

Townships	Barry Blythe Branch Butler Cass Delano East Brunswick East Norwegian East Union Eldred Foster Frailey Hegins Hubley Kline Mahanoy New Castle North Manheim North Union Norwegian Pine Grove Porter Reilly Rush Ryan Schuylkill South Manheim Tremont Union Upper Mahantongo Walker Washington Wayne West Brunswick West Mahanoy West Penn

CDPs	Altamont Beurys Lake Branchdale Brandonville Buck Run Cumbola Delano Donaldson Duncott Englewood Forestville Fountain Springs Friedensburg Grier City Heckscherville Hegins Hometown Kelayres Klingerstown Lake Wynonah Lavelle Locustdale‡ Marlin McKeansburg Muir New Boston-Morea Newtown Nuremberg‡ Oneida Orwin Park Crest Ravine Reinerton Renningers Seltzer Shenandoah Heights Sheppton Summit Station Tuscarora Valley View

Unincorporated communities	Andreas‡ Barnesville Boston Run Brockton Clamtown Connerton Drehersville Fearnot Glen Carbon Hauto‡ Llewellyn Mahoning Valley‡ Mary D Newkirk Pitman Quakake Rauschs Reedsville Reevesdale Rough and Ready Sacramento Snyders South Tamaqua Weishample

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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