Lake Village in Chicot County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Columbia

Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, February 25, 2021

1. Columbia Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

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. Marker 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.

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8 other markers are within 8 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); Col. Charles A. Lindbergh (approx. 4.4 miles away); Chicot County Confederate Monument (approx. 5.7 miles away); Chicot County (approx. 5.7 miles away); Italian Immigrants On Sunnyside Plantation (approx. 5.8 miles away); New Hope Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 6 miles away); The Battle at Ditch Bayou (approx. 7.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lake Village.

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 124 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 1, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.