Columbia
Columbia is a census-designated place located in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Tuolumne County, California, United States. It was founded as a boomtown in 1850 when gold was found during the California Gold Rush, and was known as the "Gem of the Southern Mines." The town's historic central district is within the Columbia State Historic Park, which preserves the 19th century mining town legacy.- Type: Locality with 2,300 residents
- Description: census designated place in California, United States
- Postal code: 95310
Notable Places in the Area
Columbia Airport
Photo: Vayne, Public domain.
Columbia Airport is located a mile southwest of Columbia, in Tuolumne County, California, United States.
Localities in the Area
Sonora
Photo: Vayne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sonora is a city of 4,900 people in Tuolumne County in California's Gold Country.
Vallecito
Vallecito is a census-designated place in Calaveras County, California, United States. Vallecito is situated 6 km northwest of Columbia.Springfield
Springfield is an unincorporated community located in Tuolumne County, California.Columbia
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and human settlement
- Location: Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.0321° or 38° 1' 56" northLongitude
-120.4163° or 120° 24' 59" westPopulation
2,300Elevation
652 metres (2,139 feet)IATA airport code
COAOpen Location Code
84CX2HJM+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 33189357OpenStreetMap Feature
place=localityColumbia Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Basque: Columbia (Kalifornia)
- Basque: Columbia
- Catalan: Columbia (Califòrnia)
- Catalan: Columbia
- Cebuano: Columbia
- Chechen: Коламбия (Калифорни)
- Chechen: Коламбия
- Chinese: Columbia
- Chinese: 哥伦比亚 (加利福尼亚州)
- Chinese: 哥倫比亞 (加利福尼亞州)
- Chinese: 哥倫比亞
- Croatian: Columbia (Kalifornija)
- Croatian: Columbia
- Dutch: Columbia
- English: Columbia, CA
- English: Columbia, California
- English: Columbia Diggings
- English: Hildreth's Diggings
- French: Columbia
- German: Columbia
- German: Columbia Diggings
- German: Hildreth's Diggings
- German: Hildreth’s Diggings
- Irish: Columbia
- Italian: Columbia
- Japanese: コロンビア
- Ladin: Columbia
- Min Nan Chinese: Columbia
- Navajo: Kin Łichííʼ (Ahééháshį́į́h Hahoodzo)
- Navajo: Kin Łichííʼ
- Nepali: कोलम्बिया, क्यालिफोर्निया
- Newari: कोलम्बिया, क्यालिफोर्निया
- Newari: कोलम्बिया
- Persian: کلمبیا
- Persian: کلمبیا، کالیفرنیا
- Polish: Columbia
- Portuguese: Columbia
- Portuguese: Columbia (Califórnia)
- Russian: Колумбия
- Serbian: Коламбија (Калифорнија)
- Serbian: Коламбија
- Serbian: Колумбија
- Serbo-Croatian: Columbia (Kalifornija)
- Serbo-Croatian: Columbia, California
- Serbo-Croatian: Columbia, Kalifornija
- Serbo-Croatian: Columbia
- South Azerbaijani: کلمبیا، کالیفورنیا
- Spanish: Columbia
- Spanish: Columbia, California
- Tatar: Коламбия (Калифорния)
- Tatar: Коламбия
- Turkish: Columbia, Kaliforniya
- Turkish: Columbia
- Ukrainian: Коламбія
- Urdu: کولمبیا، کیلیفورنیا
- Volapük: Columbia (CA)
- Volapük: Columbia (California)
- Volapük: Columbia, CA
- Volapük: Columbia, California
- Volapük: Columbia
- 哥伦比亚
Other Places Named Columbia
Localities in the Area
- ColumbiaHamlet
- Columbia VillageVillage
- Shaws FlatHamlet
- SquabbletownHamlet
- MartinezHamlet
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