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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="کلمبیا، کنتاکی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کلمبیا، کنتاکی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(Kentucky)" title="Columbia (Kentucky) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Columbia (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(Kentucky)" title="Columbia (Kentucky) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Columbia (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(kapital_sa_kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Kentucky)" title="Columbia (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Kentucky) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Columbia (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(Kentucky)" title="Columbia (Kentucky) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Columbia (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(Kentucky)" title="Columbia (Kentucky) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Columbia (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(Kentucky)" title="Columbia (Kentucky) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Columbia (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="کلمبیا، کنتاکی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کلمبیا، کنتاکی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(Kentucky)" title="Columbia (Kentucky) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Columbia (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Kentucky" title="Columbia, Kentucky – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Columbia, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(Kentucky)" title="Columbia (Kentucky) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Columbia (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B8)" title="Колумбия (Кентукки) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Колумбия (Кентукки)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Kentucky" title="Columbia, Kentucky – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Columbia, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B8)" title="Колумбия (Кентукки) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Колумбия (Кентукки)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(Kentucky)" title="Columbia (Kentucky) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Columbia (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(Kentucky)" title="Columbia (Kentucky) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Columbia (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Kentucky" title="Columbia, Kentucky – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Columbia, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1,_%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%89)" title="كولومبيا (ادير, كنتاكى) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كولومبيا (ادير, كنتاكى)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7_(%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C)" title="کلمبیا (کنتاکی) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="کلمبیا (کنتاکی)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(Kentucky)" title="Columbia (Kentucky) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Columbia (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B8)" title="Коламбия (Кентукки) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Коламбия (Кентукки)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(Kentucky)" title="Columbia (Kentucky) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Columbia (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(Kentucky)" title="Columbia (Kentucky) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Columbia (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(Kentucky)" title="Columbia (Kentucky) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Columbia (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Kentucky" title="Columbia, Kentucky – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Columbia, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_(%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8)" title="Колумбија (Кентаки) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Колумбија (Кентаки)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Kentucky" title="Columbia, Kentucky – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Columbia, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Kentucky" title="Columbia, Kentucky – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Columbia, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B8)" title="Коламбия (Кентукки) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Коламбия (Кентукки)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Kentucky" title="Columbia, Kentucky – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Columbia, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%96%D1%8F_(%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%96)" title="Коламбія (Кентуккі) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Коламбія (Кентуккі)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Adair_County_Kentucky_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Columbia_Highlighted_2116750.svg/375px-Adair_County_Kentucky_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Columbia_Highlighted_2116750.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Adair_County_Kentucky_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Columbia_Highlighted_2116750.svg/500px-Adair_County_Kentucky_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Columbia_Highlighted_2116750.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="502" data-file-height="256" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Columbia in Adair County, Kentucky.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Columbia,_Kentucky&params=37_6_2_N_85_18_22_W_region:US_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°6′2″N</span> <span class="longitude">85°18′22″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.10056°N 85.30611°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.10056; -85.30611</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Kentucky" title="List of counties in Kentucky">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adair_County,_Kentucky" title="Adair County, Kentucky">Adair</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mayor-council_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor-council government">Mayor-Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Pamela Hoots</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • City Attorney</th><td class="infobox-data">Marshall Loy</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governing body</th><td class="infobox-data">Columbia Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4.91 sq mi (12.72 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">4.87 sq mi (12.62 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.04 sq mi (0.10 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">748 ft (228 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,845</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,846</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">994.46/sq mi (383.94/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-6" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-6">UTC-6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central (CST)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (CDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">42715, 42728, 42735</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_270_and_364" title="Area codes 270 and 364">270 & 364</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">21-16750</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">0489885</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cityofcolumbiaky.com">www.cityofcolumbiaky.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Columbia</b> is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Kentucky_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Kentucky cities">home rule-class city</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> just above <a href="/w/index.php?title=Russell_Creek_(Kentucky)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russell Creek (Kentucky) (page does not exist)">Russell Creek</a> in <a href="/wiki/Adair_County,_Kentucky" title="Adair County, Kentucky">Adair County, Kentucky</a>, United States. The population was 4,452 at the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 census</a>. Columbia is the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">seat</a> of its county.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbia,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Columbia_(name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbia (name)">Columbia (name)</a></div> <p>The area was settled <span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1802</span> by Daniel Trabue. The post office was opened on April 1, 1806, by John Field, who also ran the local store. </p><p>Camp Boyle, located north of the town square, was an important camp and muster site for the Union Army during the Civil War (1861–1865).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/13th_Kentucky_Cavalry_Regiment_(Union)" title="13th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (Union)">13th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (Union)</a> was organized in Columbia.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbia,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.9 km<sup>2</sup>), all land. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbia,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>175</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>423</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>486</td><td></td><td>14.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>381</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>506</td><td></td><td>32.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>549</td><td></td><td>8.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>654</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>1,022</td><td></td><td>56.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>1,076</td><td></td><td>5.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>1,195</td><td></td><td>11.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>1,372</td><td></td><td>14.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>2,167</td><td></td><td>57.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>2,255</td><td></td><td>4.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>3,234</td><td></td><td>43.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>3,710</td><td></td><td>14.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>3,845</td><td></td><td>3.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>4,014</td><td></td><td>4.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>4,452</td><td></td><td>10.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>4,845</td><td></td><td>8.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2022 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">4,846</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2010, there were 4,014 people, 1,554 households, and 893 families residing in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 1,167.9 per square mile (450.9/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 1,789 housing units at an average density of 520.5 per square mile (201.0/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 88.77% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 7.68% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.25% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.52% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.07% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.20% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.64% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 1.93% of the population. Some other race alone 1.08% </p><p>There were 1,554 households, out of which 24.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.9% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.5% were non-families. 40.3% of all households were made up of individuals living alone, and 22.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.84. </p><p>In the city, the population was spread out, with 18.0% under the age of 18, 19.1% from 20 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 20.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.6 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the city was $22,861, and the median income for a family was $31,344. Males had a median income of $23,906 versus $21,000 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $17,836. About 19.9% of families and 26.6% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 39.4% of those under age 18 and 17.9% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbia,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Events">Events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbia,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Events held in Columbia, Kentucky: </p> <ul><li>Downtown Days, two-day festival on the streets of downtown Columbia. The event includes a parade, a beauty pageant, reenactment of the James/Younger Bank of Columbia robbery, 5-K run, pet show, train rides for the kids, kids carnival, face painting, inflatables, live entertainment, food, fun, clowns, choirs, and more.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>To The Nines, a nearly monthly shopping event held in downtown Columbia. All businesses downtown stay open until 9 P.M. and usually offer discounted prices on their merchandise.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbia,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_schools">Public schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbia,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Public schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Columbia Public Schools are part of the <a href="/wiki/Adair_County_Schools" title="Adair County Schools">Adair County Schools</a> School District.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schools in the district include: </p> <ul><li>Adair County Elementary School (3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Students from County)</li> <li>Adair County Primary School ( Pre-School, Kindergarten, 1st,& 2nd Grade Students from County)</li> <li>Adair County Middle School (6th, 7th, & 8th Grade Students)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adair_County_High_School_(Kentucky)" title="Adair County High School (Kentucky)">Adair County High School</a> (9th-12 Grade Students)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colleges_and_universities">Colleges and universities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbia,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Colleges and universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Wilson_College" title="Lindsey Wilson College">Lindsey Wilson College</a>, a private four-year college. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_library">Public library</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbia,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Public library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Columbia has a lending library, the Adair County Public Library.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbia,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Media in Columbia include: </p> <ul><li>The Adair Progress, a local 2x weekly newspaper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAIN_(AM)" title="WAIN (AM)">WAIN (AM)</a>, a sports radio station</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAIN-FM" title="WAIN-FM">WAIN-FM</a>, a country radio station</li> <li>Adair County Community Voice, a local once weekly newspaper complete with Public Records information</li> <li>Columbia Magazine, an online-only magazine updated daily with local news and history.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbia,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Louie_B._Nunn_Cumberland_Parkway" class="mw-redirect" title="Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway">Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway</a> runs through Columbia as it extends from <a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green, Kentucky">Bowling Green</a> to <a href="/wiki/Somerset,_Kentucky" title="Somerset, Kentucky">Somerset</a>. This parkway is a future corridor of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_66_(west)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 66 (west)">Interstate 66</a>. The addition of an interchange with a 2006 reconstruction of Highway 61 South, Columbia now has two exits on the Parkway. </p><p>Exit 49, the original exit on the parkway, merges onto Highway 55 South (also known as Jamestown Street) bringing drivers through the middle of Columbia. </p><p>Exit 47, the new exit, merges onto Highway 61 South (also known as Burkesville Street/Road) and drivers can choose to go north or go to <a href="/wiki/Burkesville,_Kentucky" title="Burkesville, Kentucky">Burkesville</a> to the south. </p><p>The Highway 55 Bypass was officially opened on October 7, 2008, for more information see below. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Columbia_Bypass">Columbia Bypass</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbia,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Columbia Bypass"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After years of promises by various governors and other Kentucky officials, construction began early in May 2007, which culminated in an official ground-breaking ceremony by the former Governor himself on May 15, 2007 <sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> near the front of the newly constructed Adair County Elementary School, which faces the direction of the bypass. </p><p>The Columbia Bypass was opened to the public on October 7, 2008, featuring a traffic light at the intersection of the bypass and North 55 as well as a traffic light at the intersection of South 61. The bypass has relieved a majority of the downtown traffic. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbia,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Arnold_Baker" title="Walter Arnold Baker">Walter Arnold Baker</a> – state legislator and <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Supreme_Court" title="Kentucky Supreme Court">Kentucky Supreme Court</a> justice</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Hamilton_(sportsman,_born_1934)" title="Steve Hamilton (sportsman, born 1934)">Steve Hamilton</a> – <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> pitcher (1935–1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernie_McGaha" title="Vernie McGaha">Vernie McGaha</a> – Kentucky state senator from Adair County since 1997</li> <li>Marine Sergeant <a href="/wiki/Dakota_Meyer" title="Dakota Meyer">Dakota Meyer</a> – In September 2011, he received the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> from President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> at age 23; he saved numerous American and Afghan troops during a <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> ambush and is the third living recipient of the honor (and first living Marine) from the Iraq and Afghan wars</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Moseley" title="Doug Moseley">Doug Moseley</a> – <a href="/wiki/United_Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="United Methodist">United Methodist</a> clergyman and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky State Senate">Kentucky State Senate</a> from 1974 to 1987; former Columbia resident</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Wolford" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Wolford">Frank Lane Wolford</a> – U.S. Congressman (1883–1887)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Alexander_Williamson" title="James Alexander Williamson">James Alexander Williamson</a> – American Civil War Brevet Major General and <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> recipient</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Burton" title="Lance Burton">Lance Burton</a> – American stage magician</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columbia,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Columbia, Kentucky was depicted in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Resurrection_Mary" title="Resurrection Mary">Resurrection Mary</a></i> starring <a href="/wiki/Wilford_Brimley" title="Wilford Brimley">Wilford Brimley</a> in 2002. The film was directed by another Columbia native, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Arnold_(director)" title="Matthew Arnold (director)">Matthew Arnold (director)</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/USC_School_of_Cinematic_Arts" title="USC School of Cinematic Arts">USC School of Cinematic Arts</a> graduate thesis program and won awards at the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival. 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