Centralia

borough and near-ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place ghost_town Q492386
Centralia
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Centralia

Summary

Centralia is a ghost town[1]. Centralia ranks in the top 0.22% of ghost_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,712 views/month, #2 of 930).[2]

Key Facts

  • Centralia is located in Columbia County[3].
  • Centralia is in the country of United States[4].
  • Centralia's image is recorded as Centralia Skyline.jpg[5].
  • Centralia's instance of is recorded as ghost town[6].
  • Centralia's instance of is recorded as borough of Pennsylvania[7].
  • Centralia's shares border with is recorded as Conyngham Township[8].
  • Centralia's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 129035555[9].
  • Centralia's locator map image is recorded as Map of Centralia, Columbia County, Pennsylvania Highlighted.png[10].
  • Centralia's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82225128[11].
  • Centralia's part of is recorded as Coal Region[12].
  • Centralia's Commons category is recorded as Centralia, Pennsylvania[13].
  • Centralia's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 187888[14].
  • Centralia's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00[15].
  • Centralia's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00[16].
  • Centralia's local dialing code is recorded as 570[17].
  • +1841-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Centralia[18].
  • Centralia's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1215126[19].
  • Centralia's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1171508[20].
  • Centralia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.803333333333, 'lon': -76.341666666667}[21].
  • Centralia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ztyh[22].
  • Centralia's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 42-12312[23].
  • Centralia's significant event is recorded as Centralia mine fire[24].
  • Centralia's official website is recorded as http://centraliapa.com/[25].
  • Centralia's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/Pennsylvania/Localities/C/Centralia/[26].
  • Centralia's population is recorded as {'amount': '+11'}[27].

Body

Geography

Centralia is in the country of United States[4]. Centralia is located in Columbia County[3]. Centralia's part of is recorded as Coal Region[12].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.620381'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.620391'}[29]. Centralia's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+447'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+11'}[27], {'amount': '+10'}[31], {'amount': '+1435'}[32], and {'amount': '+5'}[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ghost town[6] and borough of Pennsylvania[7].

History and Context

+1841-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Centralia[18].

Why It Matters

Centralia ranks in the top 0.22% of ghost_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,712 views/month, #2 of 930).[2] Centralia has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Centralia is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . archive.today. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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