Columbia County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. 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 region of the commonwealth,

Key Cities/Towns

Town

Bloomsburg (County Seat)

Boroughs

Ashland
Benton
Berwick
Briar Creek
Catawissa
Centralia
Millville
Orangeville
Stillwater

Townships
Beaver Benton Briar Creek Catawissa Cleveland Conyngham Fishing Creek Franklin Greenwood Hemlock Jackson Locust	Madison Main Mifflin Montour Mount Pleasant North Centre Orange Pine Roaring Creek Scott South Centre Sugarloaf

Megan's Law Statistics

(Copy from PA Megan's Law Database, click on Community Tools at top then the 3rd "Count of..." link and tally residents only)


County Total	Lifetime	Out of State	Pre-SORNA SVP	SVDC	SVP	Ten-Year	T1	T2	T3
83	28	9	6	0	2	3	13	13	9

Last updated: 10/30/25

Registration Sites

(copy from https://www.meganslaw.psp.pa.gov/VerificationSites/VerificationSiteSearch)

State Police Bloomsburg, 6850 Hidlay Church Rd, BLOOMSBURG PA 17815, 570-387-4261

County Parole/Probation Office Contact Information

Replace with relevant links:

Local Reentry Resources

If you know of any local reentry organizations in the county, please contact us at contact@parsol.org

a
b

SOAB Approved Treatment Providers

Reference SOAB website - Remove ones that don't apply

Thomas Dougherty

Other PFR-Specific Resources

State Representatives and Senators

Find your state representatives and senators here: palegis.us.

PARSOL Information

Region & Contact

Region: Central
Contact:

County Contact

First Name Last Initial