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Welcome to Columbia ...The city of Columbia is located in Boone County<1> and is the County Seat for Boone County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Columbia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1821. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Columbia has a population of 123,597 people<2> (see below for details). Columbia is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Columbia lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Columbia lies within the (573) area code. The ZIP codes for Columbia: 65201-65203, 65205, 65211-65212, 65215-65218, 65299<4> Websites for Columbia ...Official Website: www.ci.columbia.mo.us/ Chamber of Commerce: www.chamber.columbia.mo.us/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Columbia had an population of 123,597 people. This is an increase of 13.91% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 46.21% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Columbia had a population of 108,500 people (or 66.71% of the total population of Boone County). This makes Columbia the county's most populous community. The population of Columbia represents 1.81% of the total population of Missouri (which has 5,988,927 people), making it the state's 5th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 108,500 people, the population of Columbia increased 28.36% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 84,531 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Columbia. Communities Also Named Columbia ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Columbia: This one is located in Boone County and the other is located in Saint Louis County. Beyond Missouri, there are 49 communities that are also named Columbia - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, 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.
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. Our list includes 45 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Columbia. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Columbia ...Looking for more information about Columbia? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Columbia, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor 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> We also found Columbia in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Columbia. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Columbia: www.ci.columbia.mo.us/ The official website for Boone County: www.showmeboone.com/ The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/ Footnotes ...
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