We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Columbus.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Columbus is located in Jefferson County and lies 821 miles [1,321.3 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Columbus.
Arkansas
Hempstead County
This Columbus is located in Hempstead County and lies 1,064 miles [1,712.3 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hempstead County community of Columbus.
California
Kern County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Columbus [Kern County].
Colorado
La Plata County
This Columbus is located in La Plata County and lies 1,563 miles [2,515.4 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Plata County community of Columbus.
Florida
Suwannee County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Suwannee County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suwannee County community of Columbus.
Georgia
Muscogee County
This Columbus is located in Muscogee County and lies 859 miles [1,382.4 km]<2> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Columbus.
Illinois
Adams County
This Columbus is located in Adams County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Columbus.
Scott County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Columbus [Scott County].
Indiana
Bartholomew County
This Columbus is located in Bartholomew County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartholomew County community of Columbus.
Kansas
Cherokee County
This Columbus is located in Cherokee County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Columbus.
Doniphan County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Doniphan County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Doniphan County community of Columbus.
Kentucky
Fayette County
This Columbus is located in Fayette County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Columbus.
Hickman County
This Columbus is located in Hickman County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hickman County community of Columbus.
Louisiana
Sabine Parish
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Columbus [Sabine Parish].
Michigan
Saint Clair County
This Columbus is located in Saint Clair County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Columbus.
Minnesota
Anoka County
This Columbus is located in Anoka County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anoka County community of Columbus.
Mississippi
Lowndes County
This Columbus is located in Lowndes County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Columbus.
Missouri
Johnson County
This Columbus is located in Johnson County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Columbus.
Montana
Stillwater County
This Columbus is located in Stillwater County and lies 1,481 miles [2,383.4 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stillwater County community of Columbus.
Nebraska
Platte County
This Columbus is located in Platte County and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Columbus.
Nevada
Esmeralda County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Columbus [Esmeralda County].
New Jersey
Burlington County
This Columbus is located in Burlington County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<2> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Columbus.
New Mexico
Luna County
This Columbus is located in Luna County and lies 1,763 miles [2,837.3 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luna County community of Columbus.
Taos County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Columbus [Taos County].
New York
Chenango County
This Columbus is located in Chenango County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<2> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of Columbus.
North Carolina
Polk County
This Columbus is located in Polk County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<2> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Columbus.
North Dakota
Burke County
This Columbus is located in Burke County and lies 1,179 miles [1,897.4 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Columbus.
Ohio
Franklin County
This Columbus is located in Franklin County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Columbus.
Pennsylvania
Warren County
This Columbus is located in Warren County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<2> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Columbus.
Tennessee
Polk County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Columbus [Polk County].
Texas
Colorado County
This Columbus is located in Colorado County and lies 1,380 miles [2,220.9 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colorado County community of Columbus.
Washington
Klickitat County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Columbus [Klickitat County].
Wisconsin
Columbia County
This Columbus is located in Columbia County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Columbus.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Columbus ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maple Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Columbus to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Columbus and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 186 miles [299.3 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Columbus to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,756 miles [9,263.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,485 miles [10,436.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,363 miles [7,021.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>
Footnotes ...
<1>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Columbus could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Columbus) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Columbus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9828, Longitude: -78.9108
<3>
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 Columbus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<8>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Columbus to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.653 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.098 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.52 degrees.