Columbus
Columbus is a city in Burke County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 139 at the 2020 census. Columbus was founded in 1906. Both this town and nearby Larson were named for an early postmaster who served the area, making it possibly the only town so named that was not named for Christopher Columbus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 127 residents
- Description: city in Burke County, North Dakota, United States
- Also known as: “Columbus, ND” and “Columbus, North Dakota”
- Postal code: 58727
Places of Interest
Highlights include Columbus Municipal Airport.
Columbus Municipal Airport
Aerodrome
Columbus Municipal Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile southwest of the central business district of Columbus, a city in Burke County, North Dakota, United States. It is owned by the Columbus Airport Authority.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Larson.
Larson
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Filer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Larson is a former city and current census-designated place in Burke County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 9 at the 2020 census. Larson was founded in 1907. Larson is situated 3½ miles west of Columbus.
Columbus
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: City of Columbus, Burke, North Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
48.9042° or 48° 54′ 15″ northLongitude
-102.78045° or 102° 46′ 50″ westPopulation
127Elevation
1,932 feet (589 metres)United Nations Location Code
US OD6Open location code
85WVW639+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 151364524OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Columbus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كولومبوس”
- Basque: “Columbus”
- Catalan: “Columbus”
- Cebuano: “Columbus”
- Chechen: “Коламбус”
- Chinese: “Columbus, North Dakota”
- Chinese: “Columbus”
- Chinese: “哥伦布”
- Chinese: “哥倫布”
- Danish: “Columbus”
- Dutch: “Columbus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كولومبوس”
- French: “Columbus”
- Gilaki: “کؤلؤمبؤس”
- Haitian: “Columbus, Dakota dinò”
- Haitian: “Columbus”
- Irish: “Columbus”
- Italian: “Columbus”
- Ladin: “Columbus”
- Malagasy: “Columbus, North Dakota”
- Malagasy: “Columbus”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Columbus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Columbus”
- Norwegian: “Columbus”
- Persian: “کلامبس، داکوتای شمالی”
- Persian: “کلامبس”
- Persian: “کلمبوس”
- Polish: “Columbus”
- Portuguese: “Columbus”
- Romanian: “Columbus, Dakota de Nord”
- Romanian: “Columbus, North Dakota”
- Romanian: “Columbus”
- Russian: “Колумбус”
- Scots: “Columbus, North Dakota”
- Scots: “Columbus”
- Serbian: “Коламбус”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Columbus, North Dakota”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Columbus”
- South Azerbaijani: “کلمبوس، قوزئی داکوتا”
- Spanish: “Columbus”
- Tatar: “Коламбус (Төньяк Дакота)”
- Tatar: “Коламбус”
- Ukrainian: “Коламбус”
- Urdu: “کولمبس، شمالی ڈکوٹا”
- Urdu: “کولمبس”
- Uzbek: “Columbus, North Dakota”
- Uzbek: “Columbus, Shimoliy Dakota”
- Uzbek: “Columbus”
- Uzbek: “Cолумбус”
- Volapük: “Columbus, North Dakota”
- Volapük: “Columbus”
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