Columbus
State capital city
Downtown Columbus and the Scioto Mile Ohio Statehouse Ohio State University The Short North Ohio Stadium
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Coordinates: 39°57′44″N 83°00′02″W / 39.96222°N 83.00056°W / 39.96222; -83.00056
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Counties	Franklin Delaware Fairfield
Settled	February 14, 1812; 212 years ago (1812-02-14)
Incorporated	February 10, 1816; 208 years ago (1816-02-10)[1]
Named for	Christopher Columbus
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Body	Columbus City Council
• Mayor	Andrew Ginther (D)
• Council members	List[2] Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (D) Shannon Hardin (D) Rob Dorans (D) Shayla Favor (D) Emmanuel Remy (D) Nicholas J. Bankston (D)
Area [3]
• State capital city	226.26 sq mi (586.00 km2)
• Land	220.40 sq mi (570.82 km2)
• Water	5.86 sq mi (15.18 km2)
Elevation [4]	791 ft (241 m)
Population  (2020)
• State capital city	905,748
• Estimate  (2023)[5]	913,175
• Rank	41st in North America 14th in the United States 1st in Ohio
• Density	4,109.64/sq mi (1,586.74/km2)
• Urban	1,567,254 (US: 35th)
• Urban density	3,036.4/sq mi (1,172.3/km2)
• Metro [6]	2,138,926 (US: 32nd)
Demonym	Columbusite[7]
GDP [8]
• Columbus (MSA)	$169.1 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	ZIP Codes[9] 43081, 43085, 43201–43207, 43209–43224, 43226–43232, 43234–43236, 43240, 43251, 43260, 43266, 43268, 43270–43272, 43279, 43287, 43291
Area codes	614 and 380
FIPS code	39-18000
GNIS feature ID	1086101[4]
Website	www.columbus.gov

Columbus (/kəˈlʌmbəs/, kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748,^[10] it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest after Chicago, and the third-most populous U.S. state capital after Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas. Columbus is the seat of government of Franklin County; it also extends into Delaware and Fairfield counties.^[11] It is the core city of the Columbus metropolitan area, which encompasses ten counties in central Ohio.^[12] It had a population of 2,138,926 in 2020, making it the largest metropolitan area entirely in Ohio^[a] and 32nd-largest metro area in the U.S.

Columbus originated as numerous Native American settlements on the banks of the Scioto River. Franklinton, now a city neighborhood, was the first European settlement, laid out in 1797. The city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and laid out to become the state capital. The city was named for Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.^[14] The city assumed the function of state capital in 1816 and county seat in 1824. Amid steady years of growth and industrialization, the city has experienced numerous floods and recessions. Beginning in the 1950s, Columbus began to experience significant growth; it became the largest city in Ohio in land and population by the early 1990s. Growth has continued in the 21st century, with redevelopment occurring in numerous city neighborhoods, including Downtown.

The city has a diverse economy without reliance on any one sector. The metropolitan area is home to the Battelle Memorial Institute, the world's largest private research and development foundation; Chemical Abstracts Service, the world's largest clearinghouse of chemical information; and the Ohio State University, one of the largest universities in the United States. The Greater Columbus area is further home to the headquarters of six Fortune 500 companies, namely Cardinal Health, American Electric Power, L Brands, Nationwide, Bread Financial and Huntington Bancshares.

Name

The city of Columbus was named after 15th-century Italian explorer Christopher Columbus at the city's founding in 1812.^[14] It is the largest city in the world named for the explorer, who sailed to and settled parts of the Americas on behalf of Isabella I of Castile and Spain.^[15] Although no reliable history exists as to why Columbus, who had no connection to the city or state of Ohio before the city's founding, was chosen as the name for the city, the book Columbus: The Story of a City indicates a state lawmaker and local resident admired the explorer enough to persuade other lawmakers to name the settlement Columbus.^[14][16]

Since the late 20th century, historians have criticized Columbus for initiating the European conquest of America and for abuse, enslavement, and subjugation of natives.^[17][18] Efforts to remove symbols related to the explorer in the city date to the 1990s.^[16] Amid the George Floyd protests in 2020, several petitions pushed for the city to be renamed.^[19]

A proposed rename for the city which first garnered notability in 2020 is "Flavortown" in honor of celebrity chef Guy Fieri, who was born in Columbus before moving to California; Fieri, though not behind the proposal, expressed flattery and support for the name. The name is additionally noted by local media outlets as honoring the city's significance as a test market for various restaurants and as a reference to the city's culinary culture. The beer company AB InBev, through its social media page for its brand Bud Light, also backed the rename, offering free hard seltzers for the city if the proposal succeeded.^{[20][21][22][23]}

Nicknames for the city have included "the Discovery City",^[24] "Arch City",^[25][26][27] "Cap City",^[28][29] "Cowtown", "The Biggest Small Town in America"^[30][31][32] and "Cbus."^[33]

History

Ancient and early history

Between 1000 B.C. and 1700 A.D., the Columbus metropolitan area was a center to indigenous cultures known as the Mound Builders, including the Adena, Hopewell and Fort Ancient peoples. Remaining physical evidence of the cultures are their burial mounds and what they contained. Most of Central Ohio's remaining mounds are located outside of Columbus city boundaries, though the Shrum Mound is maintained, now as part of a public park and historic site. The city's Mound Street derives its name from a mound that existed by the intersection of Mound and High Streets. The mound's clay was used in bricks for most of the city's initial brick buildings; many were subsequently used in the Ohio Statehouse. The city's Ohio History Center maintains a collection of artifacts from these cultures.^[34] Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Columbus,_OH
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