Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Columbia County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Bloomsburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Courthouse 35 West Main Street PO Box 380 Bloomsburg, PA 17815-0380
Foundation :	March 22, 1813
Made up from:	Northumberland County Lucerne County
Area code :	001 570
Demographics
Residents :	64,151  (2000)
Population density :	51 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1269 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
map
Website : www.columbiapa.org

Columbia County is a county in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States . In 2000, the county had 64,151 residents and a population density of 51 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Bloomsburg .

history

The county was formed on March 22, 1813 from parts of Northumberland County and named after Christopher Columbus .

28 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 22, 2018).

geography

The county covers an area of ​​1,269 square kilometers, of which 11 square kilometers (0.87 percent) are water. The neighboring counties are:

• Sullivan County (north)
• Luzerne County (east)
• Schuylkill County (south)
• Northumberland County (southwest)
• Montour County (west)
• Lycoming County (northwest)

Cities and towns

Columbia County Map

Almedia Aristes Ashland Beaver Township Benton Township Benton Berwick Bloomsburg Briar Creek Township Briar Creek Buckhorn Catawissa Township Catawissa Centralia Cleveland Township Conyngham Township Espy Eyers Grove Fernville	Fishing Creek Township Foundryville Franklin Township Greenwood Township Hemlock Township Iola Jackson Township Jamison City Jerseytown Jonestown Lightstreet Lime Ridge Locust Township Locustdale Madison Township Main Township Mainville Mifflin Township Mifflinville	Millville Montour Township Mount Pleasant Township North Center Township Numidia Orange Township Orangeville Pine Township Roaring Creek Township Rohrsburg Rupert Scott Township Slabtown South Center Township Stillwater Sugarloaf Township Catfish Wilburton Number One Wilburton Number Two

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1900	39,896		-
1910	48,467		21.5%
1920	48,349		-0.2%
1930	48,803		0.9%
1940	51,413		5.3%
1950	53,460		4%
1960	53,489		0.1%
1970	55.114		3%
1980	61,967		12.4%
1990	63.202		2%
2000	64,148		1.5%
1900-1990 2000

Individual evidence

1. ^ Columbia County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
2. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 67 .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 22, 2018.
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

Web links

Commons : Columbia County, Pennsylvania  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 41 ° 3 ′  N , 76 ° 24 ′  W