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.
File photo/The Herald-Dispatch The destruction along Buffalo Creek on Feb. 27, 1972. During the flood, 125 people lost their lives, 1,100 were injured and 4,000 were left homeless. File photo/The Herald-Dispatch Eddie Maynard recalls Billy Aldridge's warnings that the dam had broken.