Small Day Trip to Centralia

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A little history lesson for anyone who doesn't know about this little borough: (borrowed from the Wiki)


Centralia was incorporated as a borough in 1866.
In 2002, the United States Postal Service revoked Centralia's ZIP Code, 17927.

Centralia is a borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population has dwindled from over 1,000 residents in 1981 to 12 in 2005[1] and 9 in 2007,[2] as a result of a mine fire burning beneath the borough since 1962. Centralia is now the least-populous municipality in Pennsylvania

The anthracite coal industry was the principal employer in the community. Coal mining continued in Centralia until the 1960s, when most of the companies went out of business.


The borough was served by two railroads, the Philadelphia and Reading and the Lehigh Valley, with the Lehigh Valley being the principal carrier. Rail service ended in 1966.

More info here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania</a><!-- m --> and the town it claimed <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrnesville,_Pennsylvania">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrnesville,_Pennsylvania</a><!-- m -->

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