Centralia Mine Fire Still Burning

Centralia is a borough and near-ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Its population declined from 1,000 in 1980 to five residents in 2020 because a coal mine fire has been burning beneath the borough since 1962. Centralia, part of the Bloomsburg–Berwick metropolitan area, is the l…
Centralia is a borough and near-ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Its population declined from 1,000 in 1980 to five residents in 2020 because a coal mine fire has been burning beneath the borough since 1962. Centralia, part of the Bloomsburg–Berwick metropolitan area, is the least-populated municipality in Pennsylvania. It is completely surrounded by Conyngham Township.
  • Elevation: 1,467 ft (447 m)
  • Country: United States
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • County: Columbia
  • Settled: 1841 (as Bull's Head)
  • Incorporated: 1866 (Borough of Centralia)
  • Founded by: Jonathan Faust
Data from: en.wikipedia.org