Mifflinville is an unincorporated community and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in

Columbia County, Pennsylvania 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 ...

, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 1,253 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick micropolitan area.

Geography

Mifflinville is located in east-central Columbia County at (41.028617, -76.307175), in the northern part of Mifflin Township. According to the

U.S. Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the ...

, Mifflinville has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.49%, is water. Mifflinville is on the south side of the

Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the ...

, several miles downriver (southwest) from Berwick. The eastern part of Mifflinville is mostly

farmland Agricultural land is typically land ''devoted to'' agriculture, the systematic and controlled use of other forms of lifeparticularly the rearing of livestock and production of cropsto produce food for humans. It is generally synonymous with bot ...

, while the western section is

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. Mifflinville's terrain is almost entirely flat.

Interstate 80 Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one o ...

passes just southwest of Mifflinville, with access from Exit 242 (

Pennsylvania Route 339 Pennsylvania Route 339 (PA 339) is a , north–south state highway located in Schuylkill, Columbia, and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 54 in Mahanoy City. The northern terminus is at PA 93 in Nescopeck. ...

). PA 339 leads east to Nescopeck, from where it is another mile north across the Susquehanna to Berwick. Bloomsburg, the Columbia County seat, is to the west via either I-80 or

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Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,213 people, 508 households, and 376 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 876.0 people per square mile (339.4/km). There were 534 housing units at an average density of 385.7/sq mi (149.4/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.01% White, 0.74% Asian, and 0.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.41% of the population. There were 508 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...

living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.8% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.80. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 21.0% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $37,250, and the median income for a family was $43,317. Males had a median income of $30,938 versus $21,023 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $19,091. About 5.2% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.1% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is the nearest college to Mifflinville. Mifflinville is in the

Central Columbia School District The Central Columbia School District is a small, rural, public school district that serves the Borough of Orangeville and Mifflin Township, Mount Pleasant Township, North Centre Township, Orange Township, Scott Township and South Centre To ...

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schooldigger.com. Accessed January 28, 2023.

Notable facts

The 2011 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a

Norway spruce ''Picea abies'', the Norway spruce or European spruce, is a species of spruce native to Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. It has branchlets that typically hang downwards, and the largest cones of any spruce, 9–17 cm long. It is very close ...

, came from Mifflinville.

References

External links

Mifflin Township website
{{authority control Bloomsburg–Berwick metropolitan area Census-designated places in Columbia County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania