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.
Vanport Memorial Day Flood of 1948. The Columbia River at Vancouver crest at 30 feet, the highest stage since the late 1800s, and the discharge was about 1 million cubic feet per second for almost a month. Vanport was constructed in 1943 to house families of workers at the wartime Kaiser Shipyard.