Columbus is a city in Lowndes County Mississippi . It is also the county seat of Lowndes County.[ 1] The population was 24,084 at the 2020 census.[ 2] The explorer Hernando de Soto . spent the winter of 1540–41 with the Chickasaw tribe camped near what is now the city of Columbus.[ 3]
↑ "Find A County; Lowndes County, MS" . National Association of Counties. 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014 .
↑ "QuickFacts: Columbus city, Mississippi" . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 10, 2024 .
↑ Gloria A. Young; Michael P. Hoffman, Expedition of Hernando de Soto West of the Mississippi, 1541-1543 (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1993), p. 40