Columbus, Missouri

Columbus is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|716141}}

The community is on Missouri Route M approximately 2.5 miles north of US Route 50. Warrensburg is ten miles to the southeast. The North Fork of the Blackwater River flows past one half mile to the southwest.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 35 {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}

History

The county seat was once located at Columbus.{{cite book|last=North|first=F. A.|title=The History of Johnson County, Missouri: Including a Reliable History of the Townships, Cities, and Towns|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_M4yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA668|year=1881|publisher=Brookhaven Press|page=668}} The town site was platted in 1836.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_johnson.html |title=Johnson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=23 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070939/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_johnson.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }} A post office called Columbus was in operation from 1837 until 1920.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Johnson |title=Johnson County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=14 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525100154/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Johnson |archivedate=25 May 2015 }} The community was named for Christopher Columbus.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rVhPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2889%2C4694139 | title=Photos show 30,000-mile voyage to towns named after Columbus | work=Toledo Blade | date=Feb 18, 1992 | accessdate=25 May 2015 | pages=12}}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Johnson County, Missouri

Category:Populated places in Johnson County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri