Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Bloomsburg Town Hall in 2012 Bloomsburg Town Hall in 2012 Nickname(s): The only incorporated town in Pennsylvania Map showing Bloomsburg in Columbia County Map showing Bloomsburg in Columbia County Bloomsburg is positioned in Pennsylvania Bloomsburg - Bloomsburg Map showing Bloomsburg in Pennsylvania Town of Bloomsburg March 4, 1870 Bloomsburg is a town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States, positioned 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Wilkes-Barre along the Susquehanna River.
It is the governmental center of county of Columbia County and the only incorporated town in Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, Bloomsburg had a populace of 14,855, with an estimated populace of 14,519 in 2013. Bloomsburg is one of two principal communities of the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan region that covers Columbia and Montour counties, and had a combined populace of 85,562 at the 2010 census. A monument set up by the Daughters of the American Colonists honoring Native American settlement in Bloomsburg Traditionally, Bloomsburg's beginning in 1802 has been ascribed to settler Ludwig Eyer, son of Johann Martin Eyer. For 75 years after the discernment of ore in the area,[when?] Bloomsburg advanced a booming iron industry.
For more than a century, starting from its incorporation on March 4, 1870, Bloomsburg held the distinct ion of being the only incorporated town in Pennsylvania.
Bloomsburg still uses the slogan of "The only incorporated TOWN in Pennsylvania", and state government publications continue to describe Bloomsburg as "the only incorporated town" in Pennsylvania. However, in 1975, Mc - Candless Township in Allegheny County adopted a home rule charter under the name "Town of Mc - Candless". Bloomsburg is positioned west of the center of Columbia County, along the north bank of the Susquehanna River and on the east side of Fishing Creek.
The ground of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is situated in a large portion of the hill. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Bloomsburg has a total region of 4.7 square miles (12.1 km2), of which 4.4 square miles (11.3 km2) is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.9 km2), or 7.22%, is water. In the town, the populace was spread out, with 12.3% under the age of 18, 45.5% from 18 to 24, 18.6% from 25 to 44, 12.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The town of Bloomsburg is administered by a town council of six members and the mayor.
Bloomsburg is served by the Bloomsburg Area School District, which has about 1,800 students enrolled from the town itself, western, and southeastern suburbs.
Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School in Bloomsburg has various secondary education trade programs.
The Central Columbia School District has approximately 2,100 students and encompasses the easterly and northern suburbs of Bloomsburg.
Bloomsburg University, one of the 14 establishments in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, had a 2012 enrollment of 10,000 full-time undergraduate and 846 graduate students.
The one park in Bloomsburg is the 43-acre (170,000 m2) Town Park, established in 1927.
Rock Memorial Swimming Pool and the Bloomsburg Skate Park immediately adjoin the park.
On May 31, 2009, Bloomsburg Mills, Inc., after 120 years of weaving and finishing fabrics in Bloomsburg, went out of business, method both a small-town plant and a dye plant in Monroe, North Carolina.
Bloomsburg is home to the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, established in 1978 to establish a resident experienced ensemble for the manufacturing of character entertainment and educational programs for the region, and to promote the arts.
The Bloomsburg Public Library was established in 1899 and funded jointly by the taxpayers of Bloomsburg, Scott Township, and Hemlock Township.
Bloomsburg is also home to the Bloomsburg Fair (the biggest fair in the state of Pennsylvania) which, since 1855, is a traditional farm fair.
Bloomsburg has two online news sites: The Bloomsburg News covering all of Bloomsburg activities, and Bloom - Utoday.com covering Bloomsburg University as well as small-town news.
Bloomsburg Municipal Airport Bloomsburg Municipal Airport is in the southeast corner of Bloomsburg, along the Susquehanna River.
The chief highways in Bloomsburg are U.S.
Route 11, Pennsylvania Route 42 (serves the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds) and Pennsylvania Route 487.
Interstate 80 passes north of the town, with access from Exit 232 (PA 42) to the northwest of town and Exit 236 (PA 487) northeast of town.
PA 42 leads northwest 10 miles (16 km) to Millville and south 22 miles (35 km) to Ashland, while PA 487 leads northeast 17 miles (27 km) to Benton and southwest 15 miles (24 km) to Elysburg.
"Welcome to the Town of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (G001): Bloomsburg town, Pennsylvania".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 (PEPANNRES): Pennsylvania Incorporated Places".
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (DP-1): Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area".
"Town of Bloomsburg".
"Local Government Entities in Pennsylvania" and "Municipal Statistics" in Legislator's Municipal Deskbook for Pennsylvania Archived December 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
"Bloomsburg, PA".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
"Bloomsburg, Pa Demographic Profile" (PDF).
Szymanski, Mallory (November 8, 2007), Bloomsburg student propel Mayor, retrieved April 10, 2009 Bloomsburg Town Park.
Town of Bloomsburg.
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