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Welcome to East Columbus ...

So far, we found very little information about East Columbus. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added East Columbus to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with East Columbus, please Contact Us.

East Columbus would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Columbus, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1905.

A typical abbreviation for East Columbus: E. Columbus

While the community is gone, the present day location for East Columbus is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where East Columbus was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where East Columbus was located: 614

The community of East Columbus has also been called Dakrumm. and Rarigville. For more information about the names of East Columbus, see The Names of East Columbus on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named East Columbus ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Columbus - it's located in Indiana.

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

Communities near East Columbus ...

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

  • Columbus
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Dublin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Dublin is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,372 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <4>
  • Grove City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
    • Grove City is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,280 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove City <4>
  • Westerville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westerville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerville
    • Westerville is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,452 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westerville <4>
  • Reynoldsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hilliard
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Gahanna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gahanna have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gahanna
    • Gahanna is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,531 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gahanna <4>
  • Upper Arlington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Arlington
    • Upper Arlington is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,369 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upper Arlington <4>
  • Pickerington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pataskala
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pataskala have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pataskala
    • Pataskala is located in Licking County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,010 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pataskala <4>

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

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

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

Adding East Columbus to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East 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 for East Columbus was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the East Columbus post office opened in 1905.

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

The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.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 East Columbus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Columbus - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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