Columbus, IN. Online Offers. Columbus ( /kÉlÊmbÉs/) is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 44,061 at the 2010 census, and the current mayor is Fred Armstrong.
In 1951, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction of the New Orleans Mississippi River Floodwall under the Dumaine Street Wharf. Between 1973 and 1992, 15 major sections were built at a cost of $30 million.
1 Today's flooding left 55th Street a mess , causing many loacl ponds to flood over. 2  Flooding throught Westmont and Downers Grove leave many stranded along 55th Street Timothy Miskell Westmont,Il.  Flooding along 55th Street spills out into side streets in Westmont.