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	Centralia Pennsylvania Resource Guide, City or community of Centralia, Pennsylvania Facts, Information, Relocation, ...
		The population of Centralia is approximately 63 (1990).
		Centralia is positioned 40.80 degrees north of the equator and 76.34 degrees west of the prime meridian.
		Centralia used to be a large town, until a fire was accidentally started in 1962 in the veins of the coal mines that run underneath the town.
	www.usacitiesonline.com /pacountycentralia.htm (449 words)

	Centralia, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Centralia is a borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States.
		The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania did not renew the relocation contract at the end of 2005, and the fate of the remaining residents is uncertain.
		Centralia is the hometown of the main character in "Dirty Blonde" by Lisa Scottoline.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania (1596 words)

	Failure Magazine-Archives-Science & Technology-The Unforgettable Fire
		The only tangible evidence that the fire still burns is a smoking wasteland a few hundred yards from the edge of town where the ground is hot to the touch and the air reeks of sulfur, where white birch and maple trees have been rendered the color of a new penny.
		Of course, underground fires are not unheard of in the coal mining regions of Pennsylvania.
		According to Mervine, the government relocation project is almost solely responsible for the exodus from Centralia, and that the danger to residents has always been exaggerated by the media and local politicians.
	www.failuremag.com /arch_science_centralia_unforgettable_fire.html (1162 words)

	The Centralia Fire
		Centralia is a small town in Pennsylvania, located in Columbia County.
		Centralia is a small town in Eastern Pennsylvania that sits on top a coal mine.
		Citizens of Centralia saw this as a trick, believing that the government wanted to strip mine the entire town and profit from the large amounts of coal.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/g/c/gcr113/centralia.html (1923 words)

	Pennsylvania @ NorthEastRoads.com - Harrisburg Road Enthusiast Meet 2004
		The Pennsylvania 772 overcrossing of the abandoned Pennsylvania 23 freeway southeast of Leola.
		A stone driveway to a farm encompasses the eastbound "carriageway" of abandoned Pennsylvania 23 from Geist Road to a farm.
		Pennsylvania 61 was closed in 1992 due to the underground fires and now follows SR 2002 (Catawissa Road), a two-lane roadway, just to the southeast of the original four-lane highway.
	www.northeastroads.com /harrisburg_meet.html (1467 words)

	Pennsylvania Highways: Centralia Mine Fire
		However, that has been the case of Centralia, Pennsylvania, which is located in the Anthracite-rich mountains of Columbia County.
		Northbound approaching the center of Centralia at the main intersection where PA 61 turns to the left to continue north, and straight ahead, PA 42 starts and continues north to Bloomsburg.
		In early 1994, due to the movement of the fire, a portion of then PA 54/PA 61 had to be closed south of Centralia because of buckling of the pavement.
	www.pahighways.com /features/centralia.html (1273 words)

	Mine Fire, Centralia, Pennsylvania
		Declared municipalis non grata, Centralia was slowly abandoned as houses were demolished or burned, and citizens relocated.
		We heard the details at the Centralia branch of the county fire department, the only new building constructed since the fire started.
		Note: Though the residents are cordial andfriendly, Centralia is not an official tourist attraction.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/PACENmine.html (628 words)

	Weird Places--Centralia, Pennsylvania ~~LadyPhoenix~~
		Centralia is in the heart of the Anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania.
		Upon evacuating the rest of the town's inhabitants and snuffing the fire, the remaining unburnt coal is free to be mined.
		The roads of Centralia are literally melting from the heat beneath the ground surface.
	www.unsolvedmysteries.com /usm345430.html (727 words)

	j.b.krygier: Place Taste and the Taste of Place
		One enters the anthracite coal regions of south-eastern Pennsylvania from rich agricultural valleys, green with well-tended crops and ornamented with the occasional Amish buggy and farmstead.
		Centralia, near the heart of the Western-Middle anthracite region, appears suddenly, striking in change from the piles and rubblescapes which precede it along highway 61.
		The sulfury smellscape of Centralia grows more insistent as one nears the "hot" part of town, where the fire is closest to the surface.
	www.shulersnet.com /coalcracker/placetst.htm (918 words)

	Centralia Pennsylvania Photography - Underground Mine Fires burning since 1962 in Centralia PA.
		If you were driving north on route 61 in the heart of the Anthracite coal region in Pennsylvania, you may have come across a detour of 61 at the top of a hill in a community called Ashland.
		The story began sometime in 1962 along the outskirts of town when trash was burned in the pit of an abandoned strip mine, which connected to a coal vein running near the surface.
		Most of the homes were condemned and residents were relocated over the years with grants from the federal government although some die-hards refused to be bought out and some still remain in the town.
	www.offroaders.com /album/centralia/centralia.htm (883 words)

	Geotimes -- September 2000: Geophenomena
		Centralia’s heightened visibility also attracted increased attention from national, state and regional elected officials.
		In Centralia’s aftermath, it is clear that underground mine fire prevention throughout Pennsylvania is paramount.
		Memmi is a GIS and database specialist with the Senate of Pennsylvania and principal of the geoscience-consulting firm, Apex Technology.
	www.agiweb.org /geotimes/sept00/geophenomena.html (1255 words)

	The Centralia Mine Fire
		What we today call the Centralia mine fire is a direct legacy of the environmental devastation of that era and the failure of either government or private industry to face up to the damage that had been done and the risks that remained.
		Centralia was a pleasant community of about 1,435 souls in 1962.
		Centralia and its mine fire symbolize the folly of the notion that man can abuse the environment without consequence.
	www.centraliaminefire.com (483 words)

	Centralia PA - Underground Mine Fires burning since 1961. We Visited in Spring of 1999.
		Centralia PA - Underground Mine Fires burning since 1961.
		At the top of the hill in Centralia, as you entered town via the Route 61 bypass, you may notice smoke coming from the hill side on the left.
		At first one might think these are Birch trees with white bark but actually they are maple trees that have long since been bleach white from constant exposure to heat and fumes.
	www.offroaders.com /album/centralia/centralia2.htm (264 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA
		The day that I visited Centralia was a comfortable 80 degrees, (roughly 26 degrees Celsius.) Driving on Route 61 I unknowingly passed Centralia several times, not recognizing any landmarks from my first visit in the early 80s with my parents.
		My memories of Centralia were of streets of mostly abandoned and condemned row houses, and vents in the ground from which smoke billowed into the overcast sky.
		Residents of Centralia let their opinion be known when then Governor Casey ordered condemnation of the remaining 53 properties in 1992.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A532847 (2310 words)

	W E I R D U S D O T C O M
		When the town officials of Centralia, Pennsylvania ordered a small landfill cleared out in May of 1962, they had no idea what they were getting into.
		In Centralia’s recent history, a highway has been destroyed and the majority of the town’s residents have evacuated the area, leaving it almost totally abandoned.
		Centralia was founded in the 1860’s, although it was then known as “Bull’s Head,” since the Bull’s Head Tavern was the only building in the town.
	www.weirdus.com /stories/PA03.asp (634 words)

	Centralia
		In 1961, near Centralia, Pennsylvania, a trash fire in an abandoned open pit mine spread to an exposed coal seam.
		This area of east-central Pennsylvania is hilly and heavily wooded.
		Evidence of coal mining activity is everywhere, but Centralia clearly was a bucolic small town with compact neighborhoods of the long row houses typical of the region.
	www.carlweese.com /centralia.html (483 words)

	Centralia Pennsylvania Remembered
		Born in Centralia PA," I spent the first few years of my life, as a resident." "My parents moved from the town when I was still very young." Spending many summers there on vacation, I lived with my grandparents.
		West of Centralia, there was an area where part of the mountain had been stripped for coal, leaving a deep trench filled with pools of water.
		Across the street from the firehouse in Centralia, there was a vacant strip of land, the natives of the town used it to pasture their cows and goats.
	www.offroaders.com /album/centralia/Centralia_Remembered/index.html (2745 words)

	But Wouldn't It Be Cool?: Centralia, Pennsylvania
		Damned Interesting has a great introductory post on the town of Centralia, under which the very Earth is burning.
		There is a small town in Pennsylvania called Ashland where Route 61's northbound traffic is temporarily branched onto a short detour.
		It is the remains of the borough of Centralia.
	www.tuginternet.com /jeremy/archives/003719.html (116 words)

	Centralia
		Centralia, Illinois, United States [City]; population was 14,274 in 1990; housing units was 6,317 in 1990; location is 38°31'N 89°8'W; land area is 6.50 square miles (4,159 acres); water area is 0.14 square miles (87 acres); FIPS code is 12164 [SourceCBP]
		Centralia, Pennsylvania, United States [Borough]; population was 63 in 1990; housing units was 36 in 1990; location is 40°48'N 76°21'W; land area is 0.24 square miles (154 acres); FIPS code is 12312 [SourceCBP]
		Centralia, Washington, United States [City]; population was 12,101 in 1990; housing units was 5,234 in 1990; location is 46°43'N 122°58'W; land area is 5.94 square miles (3,804 acres); water area is 0.05 square miles (31 acres); FIPS code is 11160 [SourceCBP]
	www.placesnamed.com /c/e/centralia.asp (515 words)

	ChickenMcNugget » Blog Archive » Centralia Pennsylvania - Underground Mine Fires burning since 1962
		As recently as 1981, there were over 1,000 residents living in Centralia, although the population has now dwindled to 11 (we’ll say that again: 11 people) as a result of a 40-year mine fire burning beneath the borough (we’ll say that again: it’s been burning for 40 years… underneath the town).
		The fire ignited an exposed vein of coal and spread throughout the mines beneath the borough.
		Today Centralia is a near-ghost town with only a few remaining hold-outs who refused government offers of compensation.
	www.chickenmcnugget.com /2006/archive/centralia-pennsylvania-underground-mine-fires-burning-since-1962 (318 words)

	iPlayVideoGames.com » The Silent Hill Movie and Centralia, Pennsylvania (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Centralia’s cemeteries now have a far greater population than the town, including one on the hilltop that has smoke rising around and out if it.
		Centralia, Pennsylvania was at one time a symbol of the state’s booming coal region.
		The Centralia mine fire is still an intriguing and frightening phenomenon and it explains why Centralia was the project name for the movie early on and that it must have had a direct impact on the premise of the film.
	www.iplayvideogames.com.cob-web.org:8888 /wp/?p=44 (931 words)

	Newtopia Magazine \| Centralia, by W. Keith Duffy // (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Although the heart-shaped sign was folk-ugly, and the park bench beneath it had been scarred by time, weather, and an errant pen knife, these sights alone weren't enough to signal that something was wrong.
		Why the cemetery in Centralia, of course!" Local legend has it that more than 100 years ago a band of rebel Irish miners beat up a priest in Centralia.
		But the hollow absence of Centralia is epic; it is a paradox; it is a metaphor; it teaches.
	www.newtopiamagazine.net /archives/content/issue8/features/centralia.php (2837 words)

	Centralia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Centralia was a mining town in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania.
		In 1962, a new landfill was approved for the town with the proviso that entrances to mines in the footprint of the landfill be filled.
		Through this opening, the fire had traveled to to a seam of coal and the unknowing small community of Centralia was doomed.
	www.cmdrmark.com /Centralia.html (575 words)

	Centralia... A Photographic Essay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Centralia, Pennsylvania is a little town in northeastern Pennsylvania, northwest of Pottsville.
		It is in the heart of the coal regions of northeastern Pennsylvania, and was a thriving town at one point.
		However, Centralia has not faded away because of the lack of demand for coal.
	www.user.fast.net /~notime/centrali/centrali.htm (202 words)

	Related Information About Centralia, PA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Black Fire: The Centralia Story - Professional screenwriters Matthew J. Kaufhold and J. Wilson Surratt are producing a documentary about Centralia, to be completed sometime in December 2000.
		The Centralia Project: The Story of a Forgotten Town - A collaborative effort by Bethany Rusen and John Bragazzi documenting their March 2000 visit to Centralia.
		Centralia: An Unofficial Tourism Booklet - Michael J. Scholtes, the unofficial head of the Centralia Tourism Department, has put together a collection of pictures from Centralia.
	www.xydexx.com /modernruins/centralia_links.htm (429 words)

	Centralia, PA News
		Uncle Sam bought the town for $32 million, disincorporated it, and evacuated its 2000 residents to spare them from levels of dioxin that were possibly...
		The signs in Centralia have been put up by the dep and they are menacing so are their public comments about the town.
		CENTRALIA, Pa. - The state has ended its program to voluntarily relocate residents of this community devastated by an underground fire, but it's not clear whether that means the remaining 11 people will be...
	www.topix.net /city/centralia-pa (326 words)

	Centralia Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When you first arrive in Centralia, it will almost seem like a normal town.
		I use Ashland as a point of reference for what Centralia looked like before the mine fire.
		Today, Centralia is crisscrossed by a grid of empty streets, with a few lonely row houses in random places.
	www.xydexx.com /modernruins/centralia_gallery.htm (214 words)

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