Welcome to Columbia ...
So far, we found very little information about Columbia. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Columbia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Columbia, please Contact Us.
Columbia would have been located within present day Yavapai County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Columbia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Columbia is 2,190 feet [668 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Columbia is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Columbia was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time
If Columbia still existed, it would have been in the (928) area code.
Communities Also Named Columbia ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 49 communities that are also named Columbia - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nevada (3), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (6), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Columbia.
Communities near Columbia ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Columbia.
- Fort Misery ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Misery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Misery
- Fort Misery is located in Yavapai County
- Gillett ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Gillett is located in Yavapai County
- Black Canyon City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Canyon City
- Black Canyon City is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Black Canyon City <5>
- Copperopolis ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copperopolis have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperopolis
- Copperopolis is located in Yavapai County
- Oro Belle ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Minnehaha ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Bradshaw City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradshaw City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw City
- Bradshaw City is located in Yavapai County
- Lapham ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Minnehaha Flats ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minnehaha Flats. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha Flats
- Minnehaha Flats is located in Yavapai County
- Crown King
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown King
- Crown King is located in Yavapai County
- Crown King has also been known as:
- Crowned King
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crown King <5>
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Columbia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Columbia.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Columbia. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Columbia.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Columbia. See our Newspapers Page for Columbia.
Adding Columbia to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Columbia in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Columbia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Columbia post office opened in 1894.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Columbia.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Yavapai County: www.co.yavapai.az.us/
The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Columbia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Yavapai, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Columbia - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |