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Columbus

town in Polk County, North Carolina, United States
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Facts

19 properties

Identity

Instance of
town in the United States, city in North Carolina[4]
Official website
www.columbusnc.com[8]
Official name
Columbus[13]

Location

Country
United States[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 35.251°, -82.202°[7]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Polk County[2]

Population and size

Area
9.217559
Elevation above sea level
336.0
Population
1.1k (992–1.1k, n=3)[9][10][11]

Codes

Local dialing code
828[6]
Postal code
28722[5]
More facts +8
Website
www.columbusnc.com
Located in
Polk County
Capital of
Polk County[12]
Coordinates
🗺️ 35.251°, -82.202°
Different from
Columbus County, Columbus
Number of households
542.0[14]
Per capita income
23912.0
Water as percent of area
0.0489
🏷️ Also known as
en Columbus en Columbus, NC en Columbus, North Carolina ar كولومبوس ar كولومبوس، كارولاينا الشماليه es Columbus (Carolina del Norte) fa کلامبس ru Коламбус ru Колумбус ru Колумбус (Северная Каролина) zh 哥伦布
🔖 Identifiers · 14
VIAF cluster ID
123176615
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82070873
GND ID
1038046165
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Polk-County-Courthouse-SW-nc.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
25150
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
37-13980
Freebase ID
/m/0yjw_
GNIS Feature ID
983403, 2406301
GeoNames ID
4461499
J9U entity ID
987007534236705171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
180246
Quora topic ID
Columbus-NC
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UN/LOCODE
USCZX
Who's on First ID
85980181

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🔗 Connections
Different from 2
Columbus, Columbus County
← Different from 2
Columbus, Columbus County
← Headquarters location 2
Ohio State Office of the Governor, Ohio Water Development Authority
Capital of 1
Polk County
Country 1
United States
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Polk County
← Capital 1
Polk County
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Polk County
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Summary

Columbus is a town in the United States[1].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . nctreasurer.com. nctreasurer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . columbusnc.com. columbusnc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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