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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 United States census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Missouri.
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 the location of Tennessee's first two-year college, Columbia State Community College, established in 1966. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife Lady Bird Johnson dedicated the new campus on March 15, 1967. [14] On this visit, the President also visited the James K. Polk Home for a short time. [15]
The Columbia metropolitan area is the region centered around the City of Columbia in the U.S. state of Missouri. Located in Mid-Missouri, it consists of five counties: Boone, Audrain, Randolph, Cooper, and Howard. [2] The population was estimated at 256,640 in 2017, making it the 4th largest metropolitan area in Missouri.
Columbia Township was established in 1821. [3] Settled mainly by settlers from the upland south (Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee), the township was named after its original city Columbia, founded along the Flat Branch and county seat of Boone County.
Missouri Township was established in 1822. [3] Settled mainly by settlers from the upland south (Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee), the township was named after the Missouri River, to which the township originally extended. The Columbia Cemetery and a small part of the original town plat lie in Missouri township.
The average population of Missouri's counties is 53,880; St. Louis County is the most populous (987,059), and Worth County is the least (1,907). The average land area is 599 sq mi (1,550 km 2 ). The largest county is Texas County (1,179 sq mi, 3,054 km 2 ) and the smallest is St. Louis city (61.9 sq mi, 160 km 2 ).
Boone County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri. Centrally located the state's Mid-Missouri region, its county seat is in Columbia, which is Missouri's fourth-largest city and location of the University of Missouri. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the county's population was listed as 183,610, [1] making it the state's eighth-most populous ...