Welcome to Columbia ...

Columbia is located in Clark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Columbia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Columbia is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Columbia: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Columbia ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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, Missouri (2), Nevada (3), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (6), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington (2) and West Virginia.

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.

• Black River Falls
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
• Neillsville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Neillsville is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
• Loyal
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Loyal is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
• Greenwood
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Greenwood is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
• Fairchild
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairchild is located in Eau Claire County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
• Merrillan
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Merrillan is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
• Alma Center
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Alma Center is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
• Hixton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hixton is located in Jackson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
• Granton
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Granton is located in Clark County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
• Lynxville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Lynxville is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 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 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. See our Newspapers 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 (so far) for Columbia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Columbia post office opened in 1894. The Columbia post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Columbia.