Columbia
Columbia, formerly Wright's Ferry, is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 10,222.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 10,400 residents
- Description: borough in western Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Columbia, PA”, “Columbia, Pennsylvania”, “Columbia, Pensylvania”, and “Wrights Ferry”
- Postal code: 17512
Places of Interest
Highlights include Columbia Presbyterian Church and National Watch and Clock Museum.
National Watch and Clock Museum
Museum
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The National Watch and Clock Museum, located in Columbia, Pennsylvania, is one of a very few museums in the United States dedicated solely to horology, which is the history, science and art of timekeeping and timekeepers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wrightsville and Strickler.
Wrightsville
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Wrightsville is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,257 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the York–Hanover metropolitan area.
Strickler
Hamlet
Strickler is an unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. Strickler is situated 3 miles southwest of Columbia.
Washington Boro
Hamlet
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Washington Boro is a census-designated place and former borough in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Susquehanna River. Washington Boro is situated 3½ miles southeast of Columbia.
Columbia
Latitude
40.03209° or 40° 1′ 56″ northLongitude
-76.50164° or 76° 30′ 6″ westPopulation
10,400Elevation
302 feet (92 metres)United Nations Location Code
US CKPOpen location code
87G52FJX+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 157577172OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Columbia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كولومبيا”
- Basque: “Columbia”
- Cebuano: “Columbia”
- Chechen: “Коламби”
- Chinese: “Columbia”
- Chinese: “哥伦比亚”
- Chinese: “哥倫比亞”
- Dutch: “Columbia”
- Finnish: “Columbia”
- French: “Columbia”
- German: “Columbia”
- German: “Wright’s Ferry”
- Gilaki: “کؤلؤمبيا (پنسيلوانيا)”
- Gilaki: “کؤلؤمبيا”
- Haitian: “Columbia, Pennsilvani”
- Haitian: “Columbia”
- Italian: “Columbia”
- Japanese: “コロンビア”
- Ladin: “Columbia”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Columbia”
- Pennsylvania German: “Columbia, Pennsilfaani”
- Pennsylvania German: “Columbia”
- Persian: “کلمبیا”
- Portuguese: “Columbia”
- Russian: “Колумбия”
- Serbian: “Коламбија”
- Serbian: “Колумбија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Columbia, Pennsylvania”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Columbia”
- Spanish: “Columbia (Pensilvania)”
- Spanish: “Columbia”
- Swedish: “Columbia, Pennsylvania”
- Swedish: “Columbia”
- Tatar: “Коламбия”
- Ukrainian: “Коламбія”
- Urdu: “کولمبیا، پنسلوانیا”
- Urdu: “کولمبیا”
- Uzbek: “Columbia”
- Uzbek: “Cолумбиа”
- Vietnamese: “Columbia, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Columbia”
- Volapük: “Columbia”
- Welsh: “Columbia, Pennsylvania”
- Welsh: “Columbia”
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