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The roots of Columbia's three economic foundations—education, medicine, and insurance—can be traced back almost to incorporation in 1821. Original plans for the town set aside land for a state university. Columbia College (distinct from today's), later to become the University of Missouri, was founded in 1839. When the state legislature ...
Columbia is a city in Missouri, United States.It was founded in 1821 as the county seat of Boone County and had a population of 126,254 as recorded in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Missouri.
Location of Boone County in Missouri. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Boone County, Missouri. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Boone County, Missouri, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Located in Columbia, Missouri, United States, the Boone County Historical Museum has been collecting, preserving and exhibiting artifacts and records of the people of Boone County, Missouri. The campus includes a history museum, an art gallery, a genealogical library, and a number of historic structures. [1] [2] The museum owns historical ...
African-American history in Columbia, Missouri (19 P) C. Cemeteries in Columbia, Missouri (1 C, 2 P) Centuries in Columbia, Missouri (3 C) E.
Located on Broadway just west of Downtown Columbia, the cemetery contains many burials of prominent people associated with Missouri history, the University of Missouri, or the city of Columbia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [ 1 ]
The North Ninth Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Downtown Columbia, Missouri, USA.It encompasses seven contributing buildings in an area that has historically been a center of commerce, recreation and culture.
The Center for Missouri Studies in Columbia, Missouri is the headquarters of the society. The State Historical Society of Missouri, a private membership and state funded organization, is a comprehensive research facility located in Columbia, Missouri, specializing in the preservation and study of Missouri's cultural heritage.