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![]() Click Image to Enlarge Pennsylvania CountiesThere are sixty-seven counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States of America. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, and governmental functions have been consolidated since 1854. |
Columbia County, PennsylvaniaColumbia County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameIts name is a poetic allusion to America. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryCreated on March 22, 1813 from part
of Northumberland County. Its name is a poetic allusion to America. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 490 square miles (1,269 kmē), of which, 486
square miles (1,258 kmē) of it is land and 4 square miles (11 kmē) of it (0.87%) is water. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history. Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally." |