12 Facts About Centralia Pennsylvania

In 1842, Centralia Pennsylvania's land was bought by the Locust Mountain Coal and Iron Company.

Several other murders and incidents of arson took place during the violence, as Centralia Pennsylvania was a hotbed of Molly Maguires activity during the 1860s to organize a mineworkers union in order to improve wages and working conditions.

In 1950, Centralia Pennsylvania Council acquired the rights to all anthracite coal beneath Centralia Pennsylvania through a state law passed in 1949 that enabled the transaction.

Centralia Pennsylvania operated its own school district, including elementary schools and a high school.

The Commonwealth of Centralia Pennsylvania did not renew the relocation contract at the end of 2005.

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Several current and former Centralia Pennsylvania residents believe the state's eminent domain claim was a plot to gain the mineral rights to the anthracite coal beneath the borough.

Centralia Pennsylvania Municipal Building still stands, along with its attached fire station garage.

Centralia Pennsylvania has been used as a model for many different fictional ghost towns and manifestations of Hell.

Screenwriter Roger Avary researched Centralia Pennsylvania while working on the screenplay for the Silent Hill film adaptation.

Centralia Pennsylvania had a segment entitled "City on Fire" on the Travel Channel television series America Declassified which aired in 2013.

Centralia Pennsylvania story was explored in the documentary segment "Dying Embers" from public radio station WNYC's Radiolab.

Song "Perpetual Flame of Centralia Pennsylvania" featured on the 2021 album Sinner Get Ready by Lingua Ignota derives both its title and lyrical themes from the town and its mine fire.