Columbus
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city in and county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Cherokee
- Named after
- Columbus, Ohio
- Total
- 2.39 sq mi (6.20 km )
- Land
- 2.39 sq mi (6.20 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 912 ft (278 m)
- Density
- 1,220/sq mi (472/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 20-15075
- Website
- columbusks.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Columbus
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Cherokee County
- Population
- 2929
- Area
- 6.274408
- Elevation
- 278
- Capital of
- Cherokee County
- Official website
- www.columbuscityhall.com
- Image
- Columbus, KS public library funded by Andrew Carnegie..jpg
- Households
- 1370
- Dialing code
- 620
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- postal code
- 66725
- Commons category
- Columbus, Kansas
- P8168
- Aizac
- water as percent of area
- 0
- different from
- Columbus
- per capita income
- 21981
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Columbus is the second largest city in and the county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,929. It is located approximately 15 miles south-southwest of Pittsburg.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Columbus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.