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Bartholomew

Columbus

Columbus is a city in and the county seat of , United States. The population was 50,474 at the 2020 census. The city is known for its architectural significance, having commissioned noted works of modern architecture and public art since the mid-20th century; the annual program Exhibit Columbus celebrates this legacy.
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  • Type: City with 50,500 residents
  • Description: city in Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States
  • Also known as: “Columbus, IN”, “Columbus, Indiana”, and “Tiptonia”
  • Postal codes: 47201-47203

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bartholomew County Courthouse and Saint Peter Church.

Courthouse
Photo: RichardMcCoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a historic courthouse in Columbus, Indiana. It was designed by noted Indiana architect Isaac Hodgson, built in 1871–1874 at the cost of $250,000, and dedicated in 1874.

Church
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Work of art
Photo: Greg5030, Public domain.
is an outdoor sculpture by British sculptor Henry Moore. It was installed in 1971 and is located in the outdoor plaza of the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library in Columbus, Indiana.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garden City.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Columbus Township, , in the U.S. state of .

Columbus

Latitude
39.2014° or 39° 12′ 5″ north
Longitude
-85.9214° or 85° 55′ 17″ west
Population
50,500
Elevation
630 feet (192 metres)
IATA airport code
CLU
Open location code
86FP632H+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153393035
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4256038
Wiki­data ID
Q941870
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Columbus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Columbus, Indiana”
  • Afrikaans: “Columbus”
  • Arabic: “كولومبوس”
  • Basque: “Columbus”
  • Bavarian: “Columbus, Indiana”
  • Bavarian: “Columbus”
  • Belarusian: “Калумбус”
  • Catalan: “Columbus”
  • Cebuano: “Columbus (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Indiana)”
  • Cebuano: “Columbus”
  • Chechen: “Колумбус”
  • Chinese: “Columbus”
  • Chinese: “哥伦布”
  • Chinese: “哥倫布”
  • Croatian: “Columbus, Indiana”
  • Croatian: “Columbus”
  • Czech: “Columbus”
  • Danish: “Columbus”
  • Dutch: “Columbus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كولومبوس”
  • Finnish: “Columbus”
  • French: “Columbus”
  • German: “Columbus”
  • Gilaki: “کؤلؤمبؤس (اينديانا)”
  • Gilaki: “کؤلؤمبؤس”
  • Haitian: “Columbus, Indiana”
  • Haitian: “Columbus”
  • Hausa: “Columbus”
  • Hebrew: “קולומבוס, אינדיאנה”
  • Hindi: “कोलम्बस, इंडियाना”
  • Hindi: “कोलम्बस”
  • Hungarian: “Columbus”
  • Ido: “Columbus, Indiana”
  • Ido: “Columbus”
  • Indonesian: “Columbus, Indiana”
  • Indonesian: “Columbus”
  • Irish: “Columbus”
  • Italian: “Columbus”
  • Japanese: “コロンバス”
  • Korean: “콜럼버스”
  • Ladin: “Columbus”
  • Macedonian: “Коламбус”
  • Malagasy: “Columbus, Indiana”
  • Malagasy: “Columbus”
  • Mazanderani: “کلمبوس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Columbus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Columbus”
  • Norwegian: “Columbus”
  • Persian: “کلمبوس، ایندیانا”
  • Persian: “کلمبوس”
  • Polish: “Columbus”
  • Portuguese: “Columbus”
  • Romanian: “Columbus, Indiana”
  • Romanian: “Columbus”
  • Russian: “Колумбус”
  • Serbian: “Коламбус”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Columbus, Indiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Columbus”
  • Silesian: “Columbus”
  • Slovak: “Columbus”
  • Slovenian: “Columbus”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کلمبوس، ایندیانا”
  • Spanish: “Columbus (Indiana)”
  • Spanish: “Columbus”
  • Swedish: “Columbus, Indiana”
  • Swedish: “Columbus”
  • Tatar: “Колумбус”
  • Turkish: “Columbus, Indiana”
  • Turkish: “Columbus”
  • Ukrainian: “Колумбус”
  • Urdu: “کولمبس، انڈیانا”
  • Urdu: “کولمبس”
  • Uzbek: “Columbus”
  • Uzbek: “Cолумбус”
  • Volapük: “Columbus”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Columbus, Indiana”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Columbus”
  • Welsh: “Columbus, Indiana”
  • Welsh: “Columbus”
  • “Columbus”

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