COLUMBIA

columbia, a city and the county-seat of maury county, tennessee, u.s.a., situated on the duck river, in the central part of the state, 46 m. s. of nashville. pop. (1890) 5370; (1900) 6052 (2716 negroes); (1910) 5754. columbia is served by the louisville & nashville, and the nashville, chattanooga & st louis railways. it is the seat of the columbia institute for girls (under protestant episcopal control), founded in 1836, and of the columbia military academy. columbia is in a fine farming region; is engaged extensively in the mining and shipping of phosphates; has an important trade in live-stock, especially mules; manufactures cotton, lumber, flour, bricks, pumps and woollen goods; and has marble and stone works. columbia was settled about 1807 and was incorporated in 1822. during the civil war it was the base from which general n. b. forrest operated in 1862-1863, and was alternately occupied by confederate and federal forces during general hood's nashville campaign (november-december 1864).