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Notable non-residential buildings include the Reading and Columbia Freight Station (1883), Holy Trinity Catholic Church and School (1915), American Legion Post 469, Women's Club, Columbia Lodge #1074 BPOE, Columbia Town Hall (1874, 1947), St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1888), Franklin Hotel (c. 1833), and Columbia Water Company (1849 and later).
Columbia, formerly Wright's Ferry, is a borough (town) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census , it had a population of 10,222. [ 3 ] It is 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Harrisburg , on the east (left) bank of the Susquehanna River , across from Wrightsville and York County and just south of U.S. Route 30 .
Wright's Ferry Mansion is an historic, American home that is located in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [ 1 ]
Founded in 1743, the community was so named on account of a flouring mill near the original town site. [3] In 1940, the Pennsylvania guide, compiled by the Writers' Program of the Works Progress Administration, noted that regional farmers had previously come to the area to buy supplies and "have their wheat ground by the millers along the Wissahickon.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 490 square miles (1,300 km 2), of which 483 square miles (1,250 km 2) is land and 7.1 square miles (18 km 2) (1.4%) is water. [4] The southern tip of Columbia County is part of the Coal Region.
The township has two unincorporated villages: Columbia Cross Roads in the east, and Austinville in the west. According to the United States Census Bureau, Columbia Township has a total area of 41.0 square miles (106.1 km 2), of which 40.8 square miles (105.8 km 2) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km 2), or 0.21%, is water. [3]
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 16.6 square miles (43.1 km 2), of which 16.1 square miles (41.8 km 2) is land and 0.50 square miles (1.3 km 2), or 3.08%, is water. [4] Catawissa Mountain from Fisher Run Road in Main Township