Back مقاطعة كولومبيا (بنسلفانيا) Arabic Columbia County, Pennsylvania BAR Колумбия (окръг, Пенсилвания) Bulgarian কলম্বিয়া কাউন্টি, পেনসিলভানিয়া BPY Columbia Gông (Pennsylvania) CDO Columbia County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Pennsylvania) CEB Columbia County, Pennsylvania Welsh Columbia County (Pennsylvania) German Κομητεία Κολούμπια (Πενσυλβάνια) Greek Condado de Columbia (Pensilvania) Spanish
Columbia County | |
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County | |
 The Columbia County courthouse in Bloomsburg | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania | |
 Pennsylvania's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 41°03′N 76°24′W / 41.05°N 76.4°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Pennsylvania |
| Founded | March 22, 1813 |
| Named for | Christopher Columbus |
| Seat | Bloomsburg |
| Largest town | Bloomsburg |
| Area | |
| • Total | 490 sq mi (1,300 km2) |
| • Land | 483 sq mi (1,250 km2) |
| • Water | 7.1 sq mi (18 km2) 1.4% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 64,727 |
| • Density | 130/sq mi (51/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional district | 9th |
| Website | www |
| Designated | July 11, 1983[1] |
Columbia County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,727.[2] Its county seat is Bloomsburg.[3] The county was created on March 22, 1813, from part of Northumberland County. It was named Columbia, alluding to the United States and Christopher Columbus. The county is part of the Central Pennsylvania region of the state.[a]
Columbia County is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers Search". Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on March 21, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
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