Centralia (Pennsylvania)

File:Pgname=Halal Explorer to Centralia Centralia is a borough and ghost town in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania, atop a mountain ridge north of Ashland (Pennsylvania) | Ashland and east of Mount Carmel. - 40.80516|-76.342239 height=400|width=400

An introduction to Centralia (Pennsylvania)

History

Centralia was founded as "Bulls Head" in 1811; the 155 acre Centralia Borough was incorporated in 1862. The primary local industry was the extraction of anthracite coal. Many of the original workers were Irish; there was a long history of labour disputes. Ukrainian immigrants soon followed. The borough had nearly 3,000 people at its peak; there were 1,100 people in Centralia in 1962.

Centralia is now a ghost town with a population of less than five. An underground coal fire has been burning underneath the town since 1962. The full extent of the danger became known in 1979, and the town was abandoned between 1984 and 1992. In 1992, Pennsylvania claimed eminent domain over the remaining houses in the borough. The main highway has been re-routed away from the fire; most of the structures in the town have been demolished, leaving a damaged wasteland of empty streets.

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Portions of the 2006 horror film Silent Hill were inspired by the story of Centralia as recounted to screenwriter Roger Avary by his father, a mine engineer; the picture is nominally set in West Virginia.

How to travel to Centralia (Pennsylvania)

Centralia is two miles north of Ashland (Pennsylvania) | Ashland, Pennsylvania and can be visited on state highways 54 and 61. Part of the highway between Ashland and Centralia has been rerouted around the site of the fire.

How to get around In Centralia (Pennsylvania)

You can drive around the highways. Most of the surface streets, however, are in poor condition.

What to see in Centralia (Pennsylvania)

Byrnesville - near Byrnesville Road GPS 40.795264,-76.339061. This small town located near Centralia has also been abandoned. There is now just a clearing - all the buildings have been demolished. Graffiti Highway - Pennsylvania Route 61 GPS 40.795862,-76.344036. When the underground fire destroyed Centralia, it also destroyed the Route 61 to the south of the town. Numerous cracks in the road appeared, and it was eventually decided that Route 61 should be re-routed along Byrnesville Road, where it goes now.

• Municipal Building - 600 Locust Ave GPS 40.805960,-76.340965. The only modern building left in Centralia, this building was constructed in 1978. Local emergency services are based here.

Railroad Avenue - GPS 40.80516,-76.342239. This road is wider than most of the roads in Centralia because the railroad track once ran along here, but has since been removed.

Top Muslim Travel Tips for Centralia (Pennsylvania)

Park your vehicle at either end of where the highway has been rerouted around the fire, and walk along the old portion of the road to see spots where smoke is coming out of cracks in the crumbling roadbed.

Visit the one remaining church, built in 1911 in a hilltop location on solid rock just outside the borough line.

• Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary North Paxton St. 40.8088, -76.3425 two blks North of Route 42 ☎ +1 570 339-0650 Opening Hours: Open Sundays and holy days An ornate Ukrainian Catholic Church with distinctive domes and stained glass; the parish was established August. 15, 1911 to serve the immigrant community. Designated as a place of pilgrimage in 2016 by the primate of the worldwide Ukrainian Catholic Church, a local congregation of about fifty people still gathers here from other nearby towns. In the words of Matthew 16:18, "I tell you that you are Peter and on this rock I shall build my church; the gates of Hell (Hades) | Hell shall not prevail against it."

Drive around the streets of the old town. Most of the houses have been demolished but a few remain standing. A few people still live in Centralia despite the state having condemned the remaining houses, so remember to respect their privacy and property.

Shopping in Centralia (Pennsylvania)

There are no longer any stores in Centralia.

Halal Restaurants & Food in Centralia (Pennsylvania)

• Barrett's Hot Dogs Locust Ave. and South St. ☎ +1 570-221-7350 - This lone transient street food cart had appeared in the area in 2016, over local objections. No guarantee this or any other food will be available; there is no permanent restaurant still extant in Centralia.

There are no longer any bars or coffee shops in Centralia.

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Muslim Friendly Hotels/Resorts

No hotels are still standing in Centralia; try Ashland (Pennsylvania) | Ashland or Mount Carmel (Pennsylvania) | Mount Carmel.

Telecommunications in Centralia (Pennsylvania)

Centralia's postcode, 17927, was revoked by the US Postal Service on September 18, 2003; any mail for Centralia is held for pickup in Ashland.

Although local residents and residents of neighboring towns get together for cleanup days and other local events and there are no newspapers. Centraliapa.org does write news articles about the latest happenings in the town.

Local Customs in Centralia (Pennsylvania)

As a few people still live here, some homes are still occupied. Please leave them undisturbed and refrain from adding to the vandalism and graffiti that less Responsible travel|responsible visitors have created – both for the residents’ sake and for the sake of the next visitors to enter Centralia.

Stay Safe

Centralia_smoke_rising - Toxic gas rising from the ground in Centralia

Note: Centralia is a nightmare of ground and dangerous fumes. This town is condemned, and toxic gas may rise from the ground at any time.

When the coal was originally mined, a few pillars of coal were left intact to prevent the ground above from collapsing into the mine. The fire has destroyed these pillars, leaving badly-damaged ground with huge cracks which release smoke, heat and toxic fumes. This makes much of Centralia very unsafe.

There were reports of police turning visitors away in early 2023; as of June 2017 the police were gone and the curiosity seekers were still present. Proceed at your own risk.

More Muslim friendly Destinations from Centralia (Pennsylvania)

Nearby Ashland (Pennsylvania) | Ashland offers food, gas, lodging, and a coal mine tour at Pioneer Tunnel. The mine tour includes an underground mine tour, and an above-ground narrow gauge railroad ride to an old bootleg mine at a site where Centralia is visible at a distance. The same vein of anthracite that is burning underneath Centralia extends through Ashland and can be seen as part of the underground portion of the Pioneer Tunnel tour, although the fire at Centralia is not expected to threaten Ashland for several decades.

Mount Carmel also offers food, and is larger than Ashland.

Looking for an Ghost_towns#Environmental|environmental disaster of comparable severity? Miami (Oklahoma)#Picher|Picher (Oklahoma), miles 1150 and one time zone to the West, is ghost towns|an abandoned town undermined by decades of lead extraction. The surface water is contaminated by mine tailings; a deadly tornado drove the last nail in Picher's coffin in 2008.

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