Jerseytown, PA

Jerseytown is a census-designated place that is located in Madison Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 2020 census counted 175 residents. Jerseytown is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and of the Bloomsburg-Berwick micropolitan area. The land of the Jerseytown area was first bought by the Welliver family in 1785, after the Revolutionary War. The through line in Jerseytown is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Jerseytown makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. A tannery was built in Jerseytown in 1826. Jerseytown is served by state routes 44 and 254.