Map of Columbia town, Louisiana

Columbia is a town in, and the parish seat of, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 277 in 2020.

Columbia town overview:
Name:	Columbia town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Louisiana
County:	Caldwell Parish
Founded:	1827
Elevation:	75 ft (23 m)
Total Area:	0.77 sq mi (2.00 km²)
Land Area:	0.76 sq mi (1.98 km²)
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km²)
Total Population:	277
Population Density:	362.57/sq mi (139.94/km²)
ZIP code:	71418
Area code:	318
FIPS code:	2216830

Online Interactive Map

Columbia online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

The land that became Columbia was first cleared by Daniel Humphries in 1827. A store was built a few years later the only settlement between Monroe, Louisiana and the settlements of the Black River was formed. The harbor became a busy port for shipping cotton by steamboats and Packet boats until the arrival of the railroad. In February 1864 Columbia was the location of a skirmish between Federal and Confederate troops during the Civil War and there are several plantations in the area.

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Geography

Columbia is located just east of the center of Caldwell Parish at 32°6′15″N 92°4′37″W / 32.10417°N 92.07694°W / 32.10417; -92.07694 (32.104042, -92.076921), on the southwest bank of the Ouachita River. U.S. Route 165 passes through the center of town and bridges the river, leading north 32 miles (51 km) to Monroe and south 64 miles (103 km) to Alexandria.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.77 square miles (2.00 km), of which 0.76 square miles (1.96 km) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km), or 1.75%, is water.