Name derivation:Named in honor of Christopher Columbus, who was one of the first Europeans to sail to the Americas
Acquisition:Creek land cessions, May 21, 1733
Taken from:Richmond
Counties created from:McDuffie
Cities:Appling, Berzelia, Campania, Cannon Gate, Columbia Heights Edgewood, Evans, Grovetown, Harlem, Howell, Lamkin, Leah, Lewiston, Martinez (county seat), Phinizy, Pollards Corner, Pumpkin Center, Ropers Crossroads, Rosemont, Sawdust, Snead, Winfield, Winfield Hill

Web sites:National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, Georgia
Columbia County, Georgia, links
Official Columbia County website

History and Description North of Richmond County (Augusta), one of present-day Columbia County's first settlers was Thomas Brown. The village he founded, Brownsboro, was to be the county seat for Richmond County, but Thomas Brown was a loyalist. Using the remote nature of the village as an excuse, politicians moved the Richmond County seat to Augusta.