Columbus
Columbus is the second largest city in and the county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,929. It is located approximately 15 miles south-southwest of Pittsburg.Photo: Kaethesson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 3,240 residents
- Description: city in and county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States
- Also known as: “Center”, “Centrailia”, “Columbus, Kansas”, and “Columbus, KS”
- Postal code: 66725
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mercy Hospital Columbus and Columbus Unified High School.
Mercy Hospital Columbus
Hospital
Mercy Hospital Columbus is an 18-bed critical access hospital located in Columbus, Kansas. The hospital is part of the Sisters of Mercy Health System and is affiliated with Mercy Hospital Joplin in nearby Joplin, Missouri.
Columbus Unified High School
School
Columbus Unified High School is a high school in Columbus, Kansas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stippville and Turck.
Stippville
Hamlet
Stippville is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. It is located four miles north of Columbus. Stippville is situated 3½ miles north of Columbus.
Turck
Hamlet
Turck is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. Its elevation is 932 feet. Turck is situated 4½ miles north of Columbus.
Skidmore
Hamlet
Skidmore is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. Skidmore is situated 5 miles north of Columbus.
Columbus
- Categories: city in the United States, county seat, and locality
- Location: City of Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas, Great Plains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.16923° or 37° 10′ 9″ northLongitude
-94.84412° or 94° 50′ 39″ westPopulation
3,240Elevation
912 feet (278 metres)United Nations Location Code
US UCUOpen location code
86975594+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 151378553OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Columbus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كولومبوس”
- Basque: “Columbus”
- Catalan: “Columbus”
- Cebuano: “Columbus”
- Chechen: “Коламбус”
- Chinese: “Columbus”
- Chinese: “哥伦布”
- Chinese: “哥倫布”
- Czech: “Columbus”
- Danish: “Columbus”
- Dutch: “Columbus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كولومبوس”
- French: “Columbus”
- German: “Columbus”
- Gilaki: “کؤلؤمبؤس”
- Haitian: “Columbus, Kansas”
- Haitian: “Columbus”
- Hungarian: “Columbus”
- Ido: “Columbus, Kansas”
- Ido: “Columbus”
- Irish: “Columbus”
- Italian: “Columbus”
- Ladin: “Columbus”
- Malagasy: “Columbus, Kansas”
- Malagasy: “Columbus”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Columbus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Columbus”
- Norwegian: “Columbus”
- Persian: “کلامبس”
- Persian: “کلمبوس، کانزاس”
- Persian: “کلمبوس”
- Polish: “Columbus”
- Portuguese: “Columbus”
- Russian: “Колумбус”
- Serbian: “Коламбус”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Columbus, Kansas”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Columbus”
- Slovak: “Columbus”
- Slovenian: “Columbus”
- South Azerbaijani: “کولومبوس، کانزاس”
- Spanish: “Columbus (Kansas)”
- Spanish: “Columbus”
- Swedish: “Columbus, Kansas”
- Swedish: “Columbus”
- Tatar: “Коламбус (Канзас)”
- Tatar: “Коламбус”
- Ukrainian: “Коламбус”
- Urdu: “کولمبس، کنساس”
- Urdu: “کولمبس”
- Uzbek: “Columbus”
- Uzbek: “Cолумбус”
- Vietnamese: “Columbus, Kansas”
- Vietnamese: “Columbus”
- Volapük: “Columbus”
- Waray (Philippines): “Columbus, Kansas”
- Waray (Philippines): “Columbus”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include State Theatre Event Center and Cherokee County Courthouse.
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