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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 .
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
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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 Columbia Colonnade (formerly Columbia Mall) is next to the exit. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 17.6 square miles (45.7 km 2), of which 17.6 square miles (45.5 km 2) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km 2), or 0.51%, is water. [3]
Scott Township is at the geographic center of Columbia County and is bordered to the west by the town of Bloomsburg (the county seat), to the northwest by Mount Pleasant Township, to the north by Orange Township, to the east by North Centre and South Centre townships, and to the south by the Susquehanna River, across which are Main Township to the south and Catawissa Township to the southwest.