Columbus City Historical Markers

Map of Mississippi State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Columbus

City of Columbus Historical Markers

Columbus Historical Marker

Main St., Columbus, MS, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 29' 39.5304", -88° 25' 56.2116"

Originally, 1817-21, known as Possum Town. Became one of richest cities in old Black Prairie cotton belt. Home of state's first free school and M.S.C.W.

Columbus Churches

Beersheba Cumberland Presbyterian Church And Cemetery
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Church Of The Annunciation
First Christian Church
First Methodist Church
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Woodlawn Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Columbus Historical Markers

Baldwin Locomotive No. 601
C.S.A. Arsenal
Columbus City Historical Marker
Confederate Decoration Day
Henry Armstrong
James T. Harrison
Military Road
Plymouth
Robinson Road
Walter Red Barber
Waverley (S5)
William Barksdale

Columbus Cemeteries

Friendship Cemetery

Columbus Schools

Demonstration School
Franklin Academy
Mississippi State College For Women
Rural Hill School

Columbus Historical Homes & Houses

First Home Of Tennessee Williams
S.D. Lee Home
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