Columbia, Virginia | |
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 Location of the Columbia CDP within the Fluvanna County | |
  Columbia, Virginia  Columbia, Virginia | |
| Coordinates: 37°45′8″N 78°9′44″W / 37.75222°N 78.16222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Fluvanna |
| Incorporated | 1788[1] |
| Disincorporated | 2016 |
| Named for | Columbia (poetic name for the United States)[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.20 sq mi (0.53 km2) |
| • Land | 0.19 sq mi (0.50 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 203 ft (62 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 83 |
| • Density | 428/sq mi (165.2/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 23038 |
| FIPS code | 51-18624[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1492796[2] |
Columbia, formerly known as Point of Fork, is an unincorporated community and census designated place in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the James and Rivanna rivers. Following a referendum, Columbia was dissolved as an incorporated town – until that time the smallest in Virginia – on July 1, 2016.[4] As of the 2010 census, the town's population was 83,[5] up from 49 at the 2000 census.
Columbia is part of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- ^ a b Cox, Edwin (1965). Gleanings of Fluvanna History. Fluvanna County Historical Society. pp. 20–21.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Columbia, Virginia
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Fluvanna County Town of Columbia to Dissolve, WVIR-TV, 29 June 2016
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Columbia town, Virginia". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 19, 2016.[dead link]