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Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /, kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest after Chicago, and the third-most populous U.S. state capital after Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas.
Topography The Scioto River flows beside downtown Columbus. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a land area of 220.04 square miles (569.9 km 2). Unlike many other major US cities in the Midwest, Columbus continues to expand its reach by way of extensions and annexations, making it one of the fastest growing large cities in the nation, in terms of both geography and ...
The Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in Central Ohio surrounding the state capital of Columbus. As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, it includes the counties of Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Perry, Pickaway, and Union. [3] At the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 2,138,926 ...
Columbus, the capital city of Ohio, was founded on the east bank of the Scioto River in 1812. The city was founded as its capitol, beside the town of Franklinton, since incorporated into Columbus. The city's early history was gradual, as residents dealt with flooding and cholera epidemics, and the city had few direct connections to other cities.
December 30, 1974. Boundary increase. November 28, 1980. German Village is a historic neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, just south of the city's downtown. It was settled in the early-to-mid-19th century by a large number of German immigrants, who at one time comprised as much as a third of the city's entire population.
43202, 43214. Clintonville is a suburban neighborhood in north-central Columbus, Ohio, United States with around 30,000 residents. [1] Its borders, associated with the Clintonville Area Commission, are the Olentangy River on the west, Glen Echo Creek to the south, a set of railroad tracks to the east, and on the north by the Worthington city ...
92000173. The Columbus Museum of Art ( CMA) is an art museum in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Formed in 1878 as the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (its name until 1978), [3] it was the first art museum to register its charter with the state of Ohio. The museum collects and exhibits American and European modern and contemporary art, folk art, glass ...
Franklin County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,323,807, [3] making it the most populous county in Ohio. Most of its land area is taken up by its county seat, Columbus, [4] the state capital and most populous city in Ohio. The county was established on April 30, 1803, less than two months after ...