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Welcome to Columbus City ...

Columbus City is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Columbus City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Columbus City is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Columbus City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Columbus City (for example, toward Menlo (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Columbus City: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Columbus City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Columbus City - they are located in Iowa and Kansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Columbus City.

Communities near Columbus City ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Columbus City.

  • Albertville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Scottsboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Boaz
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Boaz is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <4>
  • Guntersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Guntersville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
    • Former names for Guntersville:
    • Gunter's Ferry
    • Gunter's Landing
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <4>
  • Arab
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Arab is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arab
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arab <4>
  • New Hope
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Owens' Cross Roads
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Crossville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Fyffe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Powell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Powell is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 908 people

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 Columbus City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Columbus City.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Columbus City. 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 Columbus City.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Columbus City. See our Newspapers Page for Columbus City.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Columbus City ...

Looking for more information about Columbus City? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Columbus City, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Columbus City.

Adding Columbus City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Columbus City 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 (so far) for Columbus City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Columbus City post office opened in 1891. The Columbus City post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Columbus City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Columbus City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Columbus City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Columbus City area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/