About Columbus, Texas

Columbus is the county seat and largest city of Colorado County, situated near the Colorado River at Interstate 10 and State Highway 71. Settlers associated with Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred began arriving in 1821. The community developed from a ferry crossing into a center of local government and trade.

  • 2020 PopulationThe 2020 census recorded 3,699 residents in Columbus.
  • Beeson's FerryThe early settlement was called Beeson's Ferry or Beeson's Ford after Benjamin Beeson, who operated a crossing on the Colorado River.
  • Named ColumbusThe community was renamed Columbus in 1835, reportedly at the suggestion of a former resident of Columbus, Ohio.
  • Historic CourthouseBuilt in 1890, the Colorado County Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Santa Claus MuseumA local museum devoted to Santa Claus grew from Mary Elizabeth Hopkins's collection and occupies her former residence.

Find your street

Names on the Columbus map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Streets and roads82

  • Milam Street
  • Walnut Street
  • Highway 71
  • Montezuma Street
  • Front Street
  • Houston Street
  • North Oak Drive
  • Center Street
  • McCormick Street
  • Rampart Street
  • Malleck Street
  • Martin Luther King Street
  • Feeder Road
  • FM 806 Road
  • Crockett Street
  • Smith Street
  • FM 806
  • Charter Street
  • Back Street
  • Dewees Street
  • Robson Street
  • Irwin Street
  • Travis Street
  • Bowie Street
  • Live Oak Street
  • Preston Street
  • Prairie Street
  • Austin Street
  • Old Highway 90
  • Veterans Drive
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  • Spring Street
  • Bonham Street
  • Washington Street
  • Wallace Street
  • Jackson Street
  • Oak Cluster Drive
  • North Street
  • Cardinal Lane
  • Burford Street
  • King Drive
  • Harbert Street
  • Legion Drive
  • Forest Street
  • Railroad Avenue
  • Jones Street
  • Krupka Street
  • Milentz Street
  • Rail Head Road
  • Tait Street
  • Becica Street
  • Radio Lane
  • Jane Drive
  • Jennifer Road
  • Fairview Street
  • New World Drive
  • Shult Drive
  • Fannin Street
  • Legion Circle
  • Memorial Lane
  • May Street
  • Saint Paul Drive
  • Hancock Street
  • Banks Street
  • Highway 71 South
  • Chapman Street
  • Third Avenue
  • Second Avenue
  • Nauman Farms Road
  • Myrah Jane Drive
  • Marilyn Street
  • Sunset Drive
  • Fifth Avenue
  • North River Drive
  • Gregory Street
  • Short Street
  • South River Drive
  • Highway 71 Bypass
  • Creek Bend Lane
  • Draper Street
  • Milam Street 3104
  • Columbus Circle
  • Sweetbriar Drive

Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.

The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.

  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

    Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.

  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

    Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.

  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

    Geography becomes art

    Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.

Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

The Details

About This Print

Choose an archival matte print, or a black or white Ayous wood frame. The archival matte print is unframed.

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Materials & Craftsmanship

A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.

Your printed map does not include the watermark shown in the full-map preview.

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Nearby

Maps of towns near Columbus

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