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Columbus is the principal city of the Columbus Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Columbus-West Point Combined Statistical Area. Columbus is also part of the area of Mississippi called The Golden Triangle, consisting of Columbus, West Point and Starkville, in the counties of Lowndes, Clay and Oktibbeha.
Baptist Memorial has 328 beds and is a Level III trauma facility. The hospital is the seventh largest provider of medical and surgical services in the state of Mississippi. [2] The hospital has been certified by The Joint Commission. [3]
The following year Imes, local attorney John Frierson and local dentist Dr. D.D. Griffin formed a partnership and purchased The Columbus Commercial from Maer's widow. Imes merged the two papers in 1922. A subscription was $3 per year for home delivery and $2 for delivery by mail. The paper was a bi-weekly publication.
After his tenure ended, Poindexter was elected to represent the 13th district (Sunflower County) in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1975 for the 1976–1980 term. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was re-elected in 1979 for the 32nd district for the 1980–1984 term, and was also re-elected in 1983 (31st district), 1987 (31st district), and 1991 (31st ...
The Sandfield Cemetery was started in the late 19th-century (the exact date is unknown) and is thought to be the oldest African-American cemetery in the city of Columbus. [1] Many 19th and early 20th century leaders in the local Black community are buried at this cemetery. [ 1 ]
Lowndes County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 58,879. [1] Its county seat is Columbus. [2] The county is named for U.S. Congressman William Jones Lowndes. [3] Lowndes County comprises the Columbus, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area. [4]
Columbus Air Force Base (AFB) was established in 1941, after the US War Department authorized a pilot training base near Columbus, Mississippi. It was originally named Kaye Field, after World War I flying ace Samuel Kaye Jr., but confusion with nearby Key Field in Meridian, Mississippi led to it being renamed as Columbus Army Flying School.
Whitehall in Columbus, Mississippi, also known as J.W. Hardy Estate, is an antebellum architecture historic house. [1] Built in 1843 by prominent attorney and planter James Walton Harris, Whitehall is a classic example of Greek Revival architecture. Half-pilasters attached to the façade add a graceful accent to the house.