CENTRALIA — The town burned from beneath by the coal that created it has all but vanished. Its ZIP code has been stripped, its name ripped from the municipal building. All but a handful of homes have ...

Centralia, Pennsylvania once boasted 14 active coal mines and 2,500 residents in the early 20th century. But by the 1960s, its boomtown heyday had passed and most of its mines were abandoned. Still, ...

CENTRALIA, Pa.—Where cars and trucks once rolled by, graffiti now sprawls across desolate, cracked pavement, and weeds push through the abandoned sidewalks leading nowhere. Centralia Borough, ...

This timeline chronicles key events in Centralia’s strange, 175-year journey from thriving coal town to America’s mine-fire ghost town. The saga continues to draw visitors from around the globe. The ...