Welcome to Columbus ...Columbus is located in La Plata County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Columbus, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Columbus is 7,280 feet [2,219 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Columbus is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Columbus lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Columbus: 970 & 748<3> Communities Also Named Columbus ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Columbus - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Columbus. Communities near Columbus ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Columbus.
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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Columbus. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Columbus. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Columbus. See our Newspapers Page for Columbus. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Columbus ...Looking for more information about Columbus? 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, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Columbus. Adding Columbus to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Columbus 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 was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Columbus. Footnotes ...
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