Centralia, Pennsylvania

About Centralia

Centralia, PA is a tiny community located in eastern Pennsylvania counting 4 people who proudly call it home.

Officially, Centralia is a borough — a form of municipal government most common in the Northeast. The community covers 0.24 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 17 residents per square mile.

📰 Centralia News Today

• The Never-Ending Underground Fire of Centralia, Pennsylvania Encyclopedia Britannica · Aug 10
• Still burning: Centralia’s strange attraction 64 years after mine fire created a ghost town PennLive.com · Aug 11
• Centralia Pennsylvania: The Underground Fire Still Burning Atlas Obscura · Jan 13
• Centralia, The Pennsylvania Town That's Been On Fire For 60 Years All That's Interesting · Jul 21
• Centralia, Pennsylvania has burned underground since 1962, and the unsettling lesson for nuclear-winter models is that the sky can clear long before the fuel source stops burning Space Daily · Jun 8

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What Makes Centralia Unique

• One of 6 places in the US named Centralia — but the Pennsylvania one has a character all its own.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.24 sq mi.
• With 4 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• Positioned in eastern Pennsylvania, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

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