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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Columbia County is a county located in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,727. Its county seat is Bloomsburg. 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.
Columbia County is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1820 | 17,621
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1830 | 20,059
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1840 | 24,267
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1850 | 17,710
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1860 | 25,065
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1870 | 28,766
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1880 | 32,409
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1890 | 36,832
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1900 | 39,896
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1910 | 48,467
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1920 | 48,349
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1930 | 48,803
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1940 | 51,413
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1950 | 53,460
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1960 | 53,489
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1970 | 55,114
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1980 | 61,967
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1990 | 63,202
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Columbia County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
- www.columbiapa.org/
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