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Columbia is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Mississippi, on the east bank of the Pearl River.

The city had a population of 5,864 at the 2020 census, with 2,201 households, down from 6,582 in 2010.

Columbia was officially incorporated on June 25, 1819, becoming the fourth municipality in the state of Mississippi, and it was named for Columbia, South Carolina, from which many early settlers had migrated.

Columbia served as the temporary capital of Mississippi from November 1821 until 1822, when a special session of the legislature met there, inaugurated Governor Walter Leake, and selected LeFleur's Bluff, now Jackson, as the permanent capital.

Known as "The City of Charm on the River Pearl," Columbia relied on the Pearl River for transporting goods in its first 100 years, when the river was much deeper and wider than it is now.

During the Civil War, Union troops under General John Wynn Davidson camped outside Columbia, but the county courthouse, with records dating back to before statehood, was spared.

Columbia's courthouse has survived war, floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes, despite the city's long-standing flood danger from bordering the Pearl River.

An EF3 tornado struck Columbia in 2014, causing widespread damage, and mutual aid followed between Columbia, Mississippi, and Columbia, South Carolina, after that disaster and South Carolina's 1,000-year flood.

U.S. Route 98 passes through the south side of the city, leading east 33 miles to Hattiesburg and west 41 miles to McComb, and the city is 84 miles south of Jackson by highway.

Columbia's ZIP code is 39429, and the city covers 6.76 square miles.