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COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES

Millville borough............................................... Momour town«hip ............................................ Mount iqcoftatit lown&hip................................. Orange townohip............................................... OrangevtUe borough.......................................... Pine township ................................................. Ruanngcreek township ..................................... Scou lowoship................................................... Sugarloof lownihip .......................................... StiTiwater borough ............................................

29 ]*t?t 1,879 1,980 S4 4« 77 Z

271 7,x64 441

Toul ............................................................... 7SJS 6 In addition to numerous lots in various bor­ oughs* Columbia county has 164.^80 acres of cleared land* according to the returns o i the assessors in 1914. Madison township leads the county with 12*806 acres* with Fishingcreek and Centre close seconds. T he acreage by districts is as follow s: Beaver township .............................................. Benton borouah............................................... Benton towosnip ............................................. Dloonuburg^east .......................................... Bloomsburg^west .......................................... Briarcreek township........................................ Catawissa township.......................................... Cauwissa borough .......................................... Centralia borough—ist ward.......................... Centre township............................................... Oeveland townshin.......................................... Conyngham township....................................... Pishmgcreek township..................................... Frankhn township............................................ Greenwood township ....................................... Hemlock township............................................ Jackson township ............................................ Locust township .............................................. Madison township .......................................... Main township................................................. Mifflin township............................................... Milhille borough............................................. Montour township .......................................... Mount Pleasant township................................ Orange township............................................. Orangeville borough ....................................... Pine township ..................................... Roaringcreek township .................................. Jkott township................................................. SuArloaf township.......................................... Stillwater borough .......................................... West Berwick—ist ward................................. West Berwick—ad ward...................................

6,658 415 8,opS 661 4j6 6^8^ 4^74 i8a i$o 5 n*5ta 6.15a to,04t 7.6^ 6^5 K po ia,w6 S*5S^ ^546 4^

in 19 14 showed an increase o f 8.582 over the statement for 1882* the date of the publication of these figures in Colonel Freeze’s history of the county. F o r punooses of comparison the following table is compiled: tSSf B eaver to w n s h ip ................................. 257 B en iofi borough ......................................... Benton township. . . ........... 292 B erw ick borough ............................... (iomsburg— west ..................................... Briarcreek township ........................ Cataw issa t o w o s h ip .......................... Catawissa b o r o u g h ..................................... Centralia— tst w a r d ........................... 385 C e n tr a lia -a d w ard ................................... C en tre township ................................ 296 Conyngham town$hi{i ....................... 512 Mshini^creek to w n s h ip ..................... 366 Frankhn tow*nship ............................. 117 (ire e n w o o d to w n s h ip ......................... 431 H em lock township ........................... 227 Jackson to w n s h ip ............................... 157 Locust to w n s h ip ................................ 4 ^ M adison to w n s h ip ............................. 271 M ain township .................................. 153 Sfifflin township ................................ 972 M ilt v ille borough ..................... ................ M ontour to w n s h ip ............................. J54 M ount Pleasant to w n s h ip ................ 171 O ran ge township ............................... 253 O ra n g eville borough ................................. P in e tow osh ip. ................................ 218 R oaringcreek tu w n s liip ..................... tap S cott township .................................. 4t2 S u ga rlo a f to w n s h ip ........................... 315 Stillw'ater borough ................................... U est B e r w k k — cst w a r d. .................. W e s t B erw ick— 2d w a rd ............................ Toul

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171 25« 2,202

1.780

5ZI 444

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3W 3^

310

146 162 377 246

19s 163

108 <S4

ZJZ IJ2 381 50

1.030 954 i 6;908

The occu ptional (ax o f Columbia county 7 ^ for 19 14 u a s as follow s: 5*478 22s 7.10a B eaver to w n s h ip .............................................. $ 690 S49 ’ Benton township ............................................ • t 170 3.317 Benton borough .............................................. Z5.S15 4,949 B erw ick borough ........................................ 16 9 *^ 1*092 Bloomsburg— cast .......................................... t4b.3» 2j Bloom sburg— west ........................................ t t8/jOO sat Briarcreek to w n s h ip ...........................

Total .............................................................. 164,880 In addition to the above (he following num­ ber o f lots have also been relum ed: Benton borough. 2 5 7; Berwick* 1*178; Bloomsburg —cast* 1,24 6; Bloomsburg— west, W 2; B riar­ creek* 959 : Centralia— ist ward* 520; Centralia ~2< 1 ward, 13 8 : Conyngham, 4 1 1; Fishing­ creek, 5 5 : Millville. 206: Orangeville borough* 1 2 3 : West Berwick— 1st ward, 1 ,1 7 7 : West Berwick— 2d ward, 2.241. T he numt>er o f taxables in Columbia county

Catawissa to w n s h ip ........................... Catawissa borough ........................................ C entralia— tst w ard ...................................... Centralia— 2d war<l ........................................ C entre to w n s h ip .............................................. Cleveland to w n s h ip ........................................ Conyngham to w n s h ip .................................... Fishingcreek township .................................. Fran klin to w n s h ip .......................................... G reen w ood township .................................... H em lock township ........................................ Jackson tow *n sh ip............................................ Locust t o w n s h ip ............................................. M adison townsnip ......................................... M ain township ................................................ M ifflin township .............................................

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