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Columbus é uma cidade localizada no estado americano de Mississippi, no Condado de Lowndes . Demografia. Segundo o censo americano de 2000, a sua população era de 25.944 habitantes. [ 1] . Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 24.213, [ 2] um decréscimo de 1731 (-6.7%). Geografia.
Official website. Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County, on the eastern border of Mississippi, United States, [2] located primarily east, but also north and northeast of the Tombigbee River, which is also part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
Columbus, city, seat (1830) of Lowndes county, eastern Mississippi, U.S., on the Tombigbee River, about 90 miles (145 km) north of Meridian, near the Alabama border. Settled as a trading post (1817), it was known until 1821 as Possum Town. In 1822 or 1823 the Cotton Plant first docked in Columbus,
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ABOUT COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI. Founded in 1821, the historical “Friendly City” of Columbus resides upon the banks of the Tombigbee River on the Eastern border of Mississippi and serves as the county seat of Lowndes County. Before its incorporation, the Indian trading-post settlement that became Columbus was called “Possum Town” by the ...
Friendship Cemetery is a cemetery located in Columbus, Mississippi. In 1849, the cemetery was established on 5 acres by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The original layout consisted of three interlocking circles, signifying the Odd Fellows emblem.
Columbus is a city in Lowndes County Mississippi. It is also the county seat of Lowndes County. The population was 24,084 at the 2020 census. The explorer Hernando de Soto. spent the winter of 1540–41 with the Chickasaw tribe camped near what is now the city of Columbus. References
History. Establishment. Columbus is situated at the juncture of three rivers: the Tombigbee, The Buttahatchie, and the Luxapalila. Hernando de Soto crossed the Tombigbee River in 1540 into this area. William Cooper had a trading post near here in the 1780’s.
