Fishing Creek Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania

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Fishing Creek Township is a township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 1,416 at the 2010 census.

View of Fishing Creek Township in early winter

Scenery of eastern Fishing Creek Township

Fishing Creek Township as seen from Winding Road

One room schoolhouse

Columbia County, Pennsylvania

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Columbia County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,727. Its county seat is Bloomsburg. The county was created on March 22, 1813, from part of Northumberland County. It was named Columbia, alluding to the United States and Christopher Columbus. The county is part of the Central Pennsylvania region of the state.

The Columbia County courthouse in Bloomsburg

View of northern Columbia County, Pennsylvania from Kramer Hill Road in Fishing Creek Township. On the horizon (about 8-10 miles away) is North Mountain. The borough of Benton is in the center of the picture.

Image: Red rock mountain

Image: Buck Mountain from Buck Mountain Road