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84:Map of Columbia County, Pennsylvania
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1189:Wilburton Number One
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1138:Lightstreet
1103:Eyers Grove
954:Briar Creek
921:Orangeville
901:Briar Creek
831:County seat
772:January 31,
495:2021 (est.)
383:county seat
1311:Categories
1284:76°25′59″W
1281:40°58′00″N
1224:Ghost town
1148:Locustdale
1143:Lime Ridge
1128:Jerseytown
926:Stillwater
856:Bloomsburg
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573:August 13,
554:References
514:As of the
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318:The first
169:Population
1241:Footnotes
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1169:Rohrsburg
1154:Mainville
1133:Jonestown
1108:Fernville
1092:Elk Grove
1059:Sugarloaf
984:Greenwood
969:Conyngham
964:Cleveland
959:Catawissa
936:Townships
916:Millville
911:Centralia
906:Catawissa
395:Cleveland
387:Catawissa
361:Geography
357:in 1979.
273:Catawissa
267:near the
250:FIPS code
238:Area code
204:Time zone
1179:Slabtown
1087:Buckhorn
979:Franklin
877:Boroughs
617:cite web
607:July 27,
523:, 0.42%
429:Iron ore
342:and two
340:furnaces
265:township
118:Columbia
44:Township
1164:Numidia
1082:Aristes
1077:Almedia
1019:Montour
1014:Mifflin
1004:Madison
994:Jackson
989:Hemlock
896:Berwick
885:Ashland
747:June 4,
725:May 20,
655:May 21,
424:Geology
333:murders
328:Quakers
291:History
269:borough
124:Settled
91:Country
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1174:Rupert
1034:Orange
999:Locust
949:Benton
944:Beaver
891:Benton
516:census
445:Census
399:Locust
381:, the
344:forges
324:wigwam
311:, and
113:County
1049:Scott
521:White
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230:UTC-4
209:UTC-5
101:State
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