Columbia is a home rule-class city[3] just above Russell Creek in Adair County, Kentucky, United States.

The post office was opened on April 1, 1806, by John Field, who also ran the local store.

[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.9 km2), all land.

The addition of an interchange with a 2006 reconstruction of Highway 61 South, Columbia now has two exits on the Parkway.

After years of promises by various governors and other Kentucky officials, construction began early in May 2007, which culminated in an official ground-breaking ceremony by the former Governor himself on May 15, 2007 [14] near the front of the newly constructed Adair County Elementary School, which faces the direction of the bypass.

Columbia, Kentucky was depicted in the film Resurrection Mary starring Wilford Brimley in 2002.

The film was directed by another Columbia native, Matthew Arnold (director) as part of the USC School of Cinematic Arts graduate thesis program and won awards at the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival.