 Shanksville came to international attention during the September 11 attacks when United Airlines Flight 93, bound for San Francisco, crashed in adjacent Stonycreek Township.The mayor of Shanksville is Matt McDermott.Shanksville is located at (40.017182, −78.905891), with the borough covering 0.2 square mile (0.5 km2), all land; it also has the seventh-highest elevation of boroughs in Pennsylvania, at .