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.
BDN FILE. A large audience was on hand at Kenduskeag Plaza in downtown Bangor Friday afternoon for the flood that didn't come in April 1987. At high tide about 2:30 p.m., the swollen Kenduskeag Stream came within two inches of spilling over the plaza retaining walls and then receded. During the previous high tide about 1:30 a.m., the stream did spill over, flooding the basements of several banks and businesses.