Lake Village in Chicot County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Columbia
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 25, 2021
1. Columbia Marker
The town of Columbia was located on the Mississippi River about two miles east of this point. In 1833 the Chicot County seat was moved to Columbia from Villemont due to river bank erosion. Columbia became a thriving port and the location of a branch of The Real Estate Bank of Arkansas. The town was the southern Terminus of the Military Road from Little Rock and The Little Rock, Pine Bluff and New Orleans Railroad, the first rail line in southeast Arkansas. In 1855 the county seat was moved to Masona and then to Lake Village in 1857. Columbia was eventually destroyed by the river.
Erected by Arkansas Sesquicentennial.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels.
Location. 33° 22.324′ N, 91° 11.74′ W. Marker is in Lake Village, Arkansas, in Chicot County. It is on Highway 257 near Bluebird Lane, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2542 State Highway 257, Lake Village AR 71653, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Arkansas Delta, in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, and in the Quapaw Homeland. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in the Upper South, in the Mississippi Delta, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Memoriam Hyner Cemetery (approx. 1½ miles away); Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh (approx. 4.4 miles away);
this page online
More about this marker. Located in front of the Lake Chicot State Park welcome center/museum.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 25, 2021
2. Columbia Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on March 1, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 27, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 395 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 1, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
