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Columbus

city in and county seat of Platte County, Nebraska, United States
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Summary

Columbus is a city in the United States[1]. Columbus ranks in the top 8% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (650 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Platte County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Loup River[5]
  • Instance of: county seat[6]
  • Named after: Columbus[7]
  • Postal code: 68601[8], 68602[9]
  • Commons category: Columbus, Nebraska[10]
  • Located in time zone: Central Time Zone[11]
  • Local dialing code: 402[12]
  • Inception: January 1, 1856[13]
  • Official website: http://www.columbusne.us/[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Columbus, Nebraska[15]
  • Population: 22,111[16], 24,028[17]
  • Described by source: Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[18], New International Encyclopedia[19]
  • Capital of: Platte County[20]
  • Official name: Columbus[21]
  • Category for people born here: Q115171310[22]
  • Number of households: 9535[23]
  • Native label: Columbus[24]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Columbus, Nebraska[25]
  • Different from: Columbus[26]
  • Elevation above sea level: 441 m[27]
  • Area: 26.962757 km²[28], 26.105825 km²[29], 27.430348 km²[30], 26.748764 km²[31], 0.681584 km²[32]
  • Water as percent of area: 2.3127 percent[33]
  • Territory overlaps: Columbus urban area[34]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Columbus include Columbus Municipal Airport[35], an airport[36], in United States[37].

Why It Matters

Columbus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Columbus is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for Columbus include Columbus Municipal Airport[35], an airport[36], in United States[37].

Related Entities

Lucas Cruikshank Max Mathews United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . census.gov. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Columbus, Nebraska
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Platte County
    Named after → —
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