Columbia, Missouri

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Columbia is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Jefferson City. It is located about 27 miles [43 km] to the south of Columbia and has a population of 39,636 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Boonville	W	22 mi [35.41 km]	8,770	6.93% increase
	California	SW	25 mi [40.23 km]	4,154	3.72% increase
	Centralia	NE	20 mi [32.19 km]	3,669	2.78% decrease
	Eldon	S	43 mi [69.2 km]	4,986	1.86% increase
	Fayette	NW	23 mi [37.01 km]	2,695	3.51% decrease
	Fulton	E	21 mi [33.8 km]	12,707	4.77% increase
	Hermann	E	50 mi [80.5 km]	2,717	1.61% increase
	Holts Summit	SE	23 mi [37.01 km]	3,735	27.26% increase
	Marshall	W	48 mi [77.2 km]	12,118	2.53% decrease
	Mexico	NE	28 mi [45.06 km]	11,074	2.17% decrease
	Moberly	N	32 mi [51.5 km]	14,227	19.1% increase
	Montgomery City	E	44 mi [70.8 km]	2,485	1.76% increase
	Slater	NW	43 mi [69.2 km]	1,900	8.79% decrease
	Tipton	SW	31 mi [49.89 km]	3,281	0.61% increase
	Versailles	SW	45 mi [72.4 km]	2,715	5.85% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ashland	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	2,190	17.17% increase
	Hallsville	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	958	2.04% decrease
	Harrisburg	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	182	1.09% decrease
	Hartsburg	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	104	3.7% decrease
	Huntsdale	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Jamestown	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	393	2.88% increase
	Kingdom City	E	20 mi [32.19 km]	136	12.4% increase
	Lupus	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	29	---
	McBaine	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	17	---
	Pierpont	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Prairie Home	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	226	2.73% increase
	Rocheport	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	202	2.88% decrease
	Sturgeon	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	915	3.07% decrease
	Windsor Place village	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	---
	Wooldridge	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	43	8.51% decrease

Boone County

Columbia is located in Boone County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Boone: Audrain, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau and Randolph.

Below are counties that are near Columbia (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Columbia:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Columbia
	Audrain County	NE	Centralia	20 miles [32 km]
	Callaway County	E	Lindbergh	10 miles [16 km]
	Chariton County	NW	Glasgow	33 miles [53 km]
	Cole County	S	Marion	17 miles [27 km]
	Cooper County	W	Wooldridge	10 miles [16 km]
	Howard County	NW	Hilldale	14 miles [22 km]
	Miller County	S	Olean	38 miles [61 km]
	Moniteau County	SW	Lupus	9 miles [14 km]
	Monroe County	N	Middle Grove	31 miles [49 km]
	Montgomery County	E	Egbert	39 miles [62 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Missouri<3>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Columbia. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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