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.
Why does the Nashville area flood? Why are parts of Nashville fetid, stagnant bathtubs? Why did the Cumberland River swallow its well-established banks and sprawl across downtown, transforming Lower Broadway into a new riverfront and Wildhorse Saloon into a pool bar?