Mainville

History

A gristmill was built in the Mainville area in 1814. The Catawissa, Williamsport and Erie Railroad, later part of the Reading Railroad, was built through Mainville in the 1850s, followed by the Danville, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad (later acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad) in the early 1870s. The first churches in Mainville were built in 1813 and 1832.

Geography

Mainville is located south of the center of Columbia County at (40.978855, -76.376629). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.06%, is water. Mainville is bordered by Catawissa Creek to the west, just north of its water gap between Catawissa Mountain to the west and Nescopeck Mountain to the east. Pennsylvania Route 339 serves Mainville, leading northeast to Mifflinville and Interstate 80, and south up the Catawissa Creek valley and over Locust Mountain to Mahanoy City. Bloomsburg, the Columbia County seat, is to the northwest via Mainville Road.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,102
• Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  2,949
• Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,944
• Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  2,726
• Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810)

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  2,518
• Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766)

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2,321
• Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,237
• Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,106

Most recent

• M 2.8 — 2025-06-10
  10 km NW of Forksville, Pennsylvania
• M 3.37 — 2008-12-27
  2 km NNE of Landisville, Pennsylvania