Columbia, Missouri City of Columbia Location in Boone County and the state of Missouri Location in Boone County and the state of Missouri Columbia /k l mbi / is a town/city in the U.S.
State of Missouri and the governmental center of county of Boone County. Founded in 1818, it is home to the University of Missouri and is the principal town/city of the Columbia Metropolitan Area.
It is Missouri's fourth most-populous city, with an estimated populace of 119,108 in 2015.
The tripartite establishment of Stephens College (1833), the University of Missouri (1839), and Columbia College (1851) has ever since made the town/city a center of education, culture, and athletic competition; these three schools surround the city's central company precinct to the east, south, and north.
At the center of Downtown is 8th Street, also known as the Avenue of the Columns, which joins Francis Quadrangle and Jesse Hall to the Boone County Courthouse and the City Hall.
Originally an agricultural town, the cultivation of the mind is Columbia's chief economic concern today.
Cultural establishments include the State Historical Society of Missouri, the Museum of Art and Archaeology, and the annual True/False Film Festival.
The town/city is assembled upon the forested hills and rolling prairies of Mid-Missouri, near the Missouri River valley, where the Ozark Mountains begin to transform into plains and savanna.
Surrounding the city, Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, Mark Twain National Forest, and Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge all form a greenbelt preserving sensitive and rare surroundings.
The town/city has been called the "Athens of Missouri" for its classic beauty and educational emphasis, but is more generally called "Co - Mo".
Main article: History of Columbia, Missouri An aerial depiction of Columbia's downtown precinct in 1869.
The Columbia region was once part of the Mississippian culture and home to the Mound Builders.
When European explorers arrived, the region was populated by the Osage and Missouri Indians. In 1678, La Salle claimed all of Missouri for France.
In 1806, two sons of Daniel Boone established a salt lick 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Columbia.
They retitled the settlement Columbia a poetic personification of the United States. The roots of Columbia's three economic foundations education, medicine, and insurance can be traced back to incorporation in 1821. Original plans for the town set aside territory for a state university.
In 1833, Columbia Baptist Female College opened, which later became Stephens College.
Columbia College (distinct from today's), later to turn into the University of Missouri, was established in 1839.
When the state council decided to establish a state university, Columbia raised three times as much cash as any other competing town/city and James S.
Rollins donated the territory that is today the Francis Quadrangle. Soon other educational establishments were established in Columbia such as Christian Female College, the first college for women west of the Mississippi, which later became the current Columbia College.
By 1839, the populace (13,000) and richness of Boone County was exceeded in Missouri only by that of St.
The majority of the town/city was pro-Union, however, the encircling agricultural areas of Boone County and the rest of central Missouri were decidedly pro-Confederate.
In 1963, Columbia turn into home to the command posts of both the University of Missouri System, which today serves over 77,000 students, and the Columbia College system, which today serves about 25,000 students. The insurance trade also became meaningful to the small-town economy as a several companies established command posts in Columbia, including Shelter Insurance, Missouri Employers Mutual, and Columbia Insurance Group.
State Farm Insurance has a county-wide office in Columbia.
Soon after the town/city opened the Columbia Regional Airport.
In early 2006, Columbia embarked on a plan to manage the continued expansion as the town/city approached (and passed) 100,000 population.
The downtown precinct has maintained its status as a cultural center and is undergoing momentous evolution in both residentiary and commercial sectors. The University of Missouri, which has tremendous economic impact on the city, experienced record enrollment in 2006 and is comprehensive momentous construction.
Louis and Kansas City, and 29 miles (47 km) north of the state capital Jefferson City. The town/city is near the Missouri River between the Ozark Plateau and the Northern Plains. Trees are mainly oak, maple, and hickory; common understory trees include easterly redbud, serviceberry, and flowering dogwood.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 63.5 square miles (164.46 km2), of which, 63.08 square miles (163.38 km2) is territory and 0.42 square miles (1.09 km2) is water. The town/city generally slopes from the highest point in the Northeast to the lowest point in the Southwest towards the Missouri River.
Along these and other creeks in the region can be found large valleys, cliffs, and cave systems such as that in Rock Bridge State Park just south of the city.
These creeks are largely responsible for various stream valleys giving Columbia hilly terrain similar to the Ozarks while also having prairie flatland typical of northern Missouri.
Columbia has large areas of forested and open territory and many of these areas are home to wildlife.
Columbia has a climate marked by sharp cyclic contrasts in temperature, falling between a humid continental and humid subtropical climate (Koppen Dfa/Cfa, in the order given), and is positioned in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 29.7 F ( 1.3 C) in January to 77.3 F (25.2 C) in July, while the high reaches or exceeds 90 F (32 C) on an average 32 days per year, 100 F (38 C) on 2.0 days, while 4.0 evenings of sub-0 F ( 18 C) lows can be expected. Precipitation tends to be greatest and most incessant in the latter half of spring, when harsh weather is also most common.
Climate data for Columbia Regional Airport, Missouri (1981 2010 normals, extremes 1889 present) Downtown Columbia Columbia's most generally recognizable architectural attributes reside downtown and inside the college campuses.
Widely used icons of the town/city are the University of Missouri's Jesse Hall and the neo-gothic Memorial Union.
There are four historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places inside the city: Downtown Columbia, the East Campus Neighborhood, Francis Quadrangle, the and North Ninth Street Historic District. The downtown horizon is mostly low and is dominated by the 10-story Tiger Hotel and the 15-story Paquin Tower.
Downtown Columbia is an region of approximately one square mile surrounded by the University of Missouri on the south, Stephens College to the east and Columbia College on the north.
The region serves as Columbia's financial and company precinct and is the topic of a large initiative to draw tourism, which includes plans to capitalize on the area's historic architecture, and Bohemian characteristics. The town/city government recognizes 63 neighborhood associations. The city's most dense commercial areas are primarily positioned along Interstate 70, U.S.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 18.8% of inhabitants under the age of 18; 27.3% between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.7% from 25 to 44; 18.6% from 45 to 64; and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 19.7% under the age of 18, 26.7% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 16.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Columbia's economy is historically dominated by education, healthcare, and the insurance industry. Jobs in government are also common, either in Columbia or a half-hour south in Jefferson City. Commutes into the town/city are also common and in 2000, the town/city had a day time populace of 106,487 a 26% increase over the census populace of the same year. The Columbia Regional Airport and the Missouri River Port of Rocheport connect the region with trade and transportation.
The University of Missouri is by far the city's biggest employer. The economy of Columbia's metro region is slightly larger than that of the Bahamas. With a Gross Metropolitan Product of $5.84 billion in 2004, Columbia's economy makes up 2.9% of the Gross State Product of Missouri. Insurance corporations headquartered in Columbia include Shelter Insurance, and the Columbia Insurance Group.
Other organizations include MFA Incorporated, the Missouri State High School Activities Association, and MFA Oil.
According to Columbia's 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 3 Columbia Public Schools 2,117 5 City of Columbia 1,332 The Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts and Jesse Auditorium are Columbia's biggest fine arts venues.
In 2008, filmmaker Todd Sklar instead of Box Elder, which was filmed entirely in and around Columbia and the University of Missouri.
The University of Missouri's Museum of Art and Archaeology displays 14,000 works of art and archaeological objects in five arcades for no charge to the public. Libraries include the Columbia Public Library, the University of Missouri Libraries, with over three million volumes in Ellis Library, and the State Historical Society of Missouri.
Other musical venues in town include the Missouri Theatre, the University's multipurpose Hearnes Center, The Blue Note, and Rose Music Hall.
Columbia's expand and progressive music scene is thanks in large part to many acts that come out of the university.[not in citation given] The indie band White Rabbits was formed while the members were students at the University of Missouri before moving to Brooklyn to record and gain a higher profile. Musical artists from Columbia have been compiled by Painfully Midwestern Records with the Como - Music Anthology series, and the "Das Kompilation" release.
Country music singer-songwriter Brett James is also a native of Columbia. The song "Whiskey Bottle," by Uncle Tupelo, is rumored to be about the town/city of Columbia as it makes specific reference to a sign which used to be displayed on a Columbia tackle shop sign which read, "Liquor, Guns, and Ammo." The University of Missouri's sports teams, the Missouri Tigers, play a momentous part in the city's sports culture.
Taylor Stadium is host to their baseball team and was the county-wide host for the 2007 NCAA Baseball Championship. Columbia College has a several men and women collegiate sports squads as well.
In 2007, Columbia hosted the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Volleyball National Championship, which the Lady Cougars participated in. Columbia also hosts the Show-Me State Games, a non-profit program of the Missouri Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health.
They are the biggest state games in the United States. These games consist of 26 28,000 Missouri amateur athletes (35,000 total) of all ages and ability levels who compete in the Olympic-style sports festival amid July and August every year.
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The NRA Bianchi Cup is held in Columbia every year.
The town/city has two daily newspapers: the Columbia Missourian and the Columbia Daily Tribune, both morning bringies. The Missourian is directed by experienced editors and staffed by Missouri School of Journalism students who do reporting, design, copy editing, knowledge graphics, photography and multimedia.
The Missourian prints the weekly town/city magazine, Vox. With a daily circulation of nearly 20,000, the Daily Tribune is the most widely read journal in central Missouri.
Radio stations in the Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri market Television stations in Central Missouri, including Columbia and Jefferson City The City of Columbia's current government was established by a home rule charter adopted by voters on November 11, 1974, which established a Council-manager government that invested power in the City Council.
The City Council is made up of seven members six propel by each of Columbia's six wards, plus an at-large council member, the Mayor, who is propel by all town/city voters.
The Mayor, in addition to being a voting member of the City Council, is recognized as the head of town/city government for ceremonial purposes.
Columbia is the governmental center of county of Boone County, and the county court and government center are positioned there.
The town/city is positioned in Missouri's 4th congressional district.
The 19th Missouri State Senate precinct covers all of Boone County.
There are five Missouri House of Representatives districts (9, 21, 23, 24, 25) in the city.
The principal law enforcement agency is the Columbia Police Department, with the Columbia Fire Department providing fire protection.
The University of Missouri Police Department patrols areas on and around the MU ground and has jurisdiction throughout the town/city and Boone County.
The Public Service Joint Communications Center coordinates accomplishments between the two organizations as well as the Boone County Fire Protection District which operates Urban Search and Rescue Missouri Task Force 1.
The Daniel Boone Building homes Columbia's City Hall.
The populace generally supports progressive causes such as the extensive town/city recycling programs and the decriminalization of cannabis both for medical and recreational use at the municipal level (though the scope of latter of the two cannabis ordinances has since been restricted). The town/city is also one of only four in the state to offer medical benefits to same-sex partners of town/city employees. The new community plan also extends community benefits to unmarried heterosexual domestic partners of town/city employees.
Columbia and much of the encircling area lies inside The Columbia Public School District.
The precinct enrolls over 17,000 students and had a revenue of nearly $200 million for the 2007 2008 school year. It is above the state average in attendance percentage and in graduation rate. The town/city operates four enhance high schools which cover grades 9 12: David H.
News & World Report, putting it in the top 3% of all high schools in the nation. Hickman has been on Newsweek magazine's list of top 1,300 schools in the nation for the past three years and has more titled presidential scholars than any other enhance high school in the United States. There are also a several private high schools including: Christian Fellowship School, Columbia Independent School, Heritage Academy, Christian Chapel Academy, and the newly constructed Father Augustine Tolton Regional Catholic High School. The town/city has three establishments of higher education: the University of Missouri, Stephens College, and Columbia College all of which surround Downtown Columbia.
The town/city is the command posts of the University of Missouri System, which also operates campuses in St.
The University of Missouri was established in 1839 as the first state college west of the Mississippi River.
Columbia College offers day and evening classes on its Columbia Campus, extension courses through its 34 nationwide campuses, and ties with U.S.
The Columbia Transit provides enhance bus and para-transit service, and is owned and directed by the city.
A $3.5 million universal to renovate and grew the Wabash Station, a rail depot assembled in 1910 and converted into the city's transit center in the mid-1980s, was instead of in summer of 2007. In 2007, a Transit Master Plan was created to address the future transit needs of the town/city and county with a elected plan to add transit framework in three key phases. The five to 15-year plan intends to add service along the southwest, southeast and northeast sections of Columbia and precarious alternative transit models for Boone County.
Para-transit fares are $2.00 for a one-way trip, and the service region includes all of Columbia.
The city's former mayor, Darwin Hindman, is largely in favor of a non-motorized transit system, and can often be seen riding his bicycle around the city. Columbia is also known for its MKT Trail, a spur of the Katy Trail State Park, which allows foot and bike traffic athwart the city, and, conceivably, the state.
Columbia also is preparing to embark on assembly of a several new bike paths and street bike lanes thanks to a $25 million grant from the federal government. The town/city is also served by American Airlines at the Columbia Regional Airport, the only commercial airport in mid-Missouri.
Within the city, there are also three state highways: Routes 763 (Rangeline St & College Ave), 163 (Providence Rd), and 740 (Stadium Blvd).
Rail service is provided by the city-owned Columbia Terminal (COLT) Railroad, which runs from the north side of Columbia to Centralia and a connection to the Norfolk Southern Railway.
The University of Missouri Hospital is the biggest hospital in Columbia.
Health care is a big part of Columbia's economy, with nearly one in six citizens working in a health-care related profession and a physician density that is about three times the United States average. Columbia's hospitals and supporting facilities are a large referral center for the state, and medical related trips to the town/city are common. There are three hospital systems inside the town/city and five hospitals with a total of 1,105 beds. Boone Hospital Center is the second biggest hospital in Columbia and is the biggest private hospital in Boone County.
The University of Missouri Health Care operates three hospitals in Columbia: the University of Missouri Hospital, the University of Missouri Women's and Children's Hospital (formerly Columbia Regional Hospital), and the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center.
There are also a large number of medically-related industries in Columbia.
The University of Missouri School of Medicine uses university-owned facilities as teaching hospitals.
The University of Missouri Research Reactor Center is the biggest research reactor in the United States and produces radioisotopes used in nuclear medicine.
In accordance with the Columbia Sister Cities Program, which operates in conjunction with Sister Cities International, Columbia has been paired with five global sister metros/cities in an attempt to foster cross-cultural understanding: List of citizens from Columbia, Missouri National Register of Historic Places listings in Boone County, Missouri Official records for Columbia kept at downtown from August 1889 to December 1947, Columbia Municipal Airport from January 1948 to October 1969 and at Columbia Regional Airport since November 1969. City web page "Columbia, Missouri".
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