Columbus is a city in Columbia and Dodge counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

Columbus is located about 28 miles (45 km) northeast of Madison on the Crawfish River.

The building served as a combination store/tavern/rooming house and post office, with Whitney as the first postmaster.

This cream brick, Italianate-style hotel's third floor ballroom was heated by six wood-burning stoves.

[citation needed] During the 1880s, The Whitney hosted traveling health practitioners whose expertise ranged from "delivering a 40-foot long tape worm" to a local couple to curing piles.

From the 1960s to the present, a succession of owners occupied the building and maintenance was deferred.

In the 1950s, the building fell into disrepair and as a result of its continued decline, faced demolition in 1990.

Today, the Whitney provides affordable housing for eight households and 1,570 square feet of downtown retail space for local businesses, including the Daily Citizen newspaper.

Each year, the community crowns a prince and princess during the budding of the "Columbus Wisconsin Strain" of the redbud tree (Cercis canadensis).

[17][failed verification] The festival includes brats, music, and trees in full bloom.

Downtown Columbus was used to film several scenes for the 2009 Johnny Depp movie Public Enemies.

Columbus is also served by 4 state highways: Columbus is served by two daily Amtrak trains, the Empire Builder a long-distance train between Chicago and Portland and Seattle, and the Borealis a regional train that parallels the empire builder between Chicago and Saint Paul with an additional stop at Milwaukee General Mitchell.

Columbus has the distinction of hosting the primary Amtrak station for the Madison metro area.

Columbus is also served by Lamers Bus Service which provides a Connect to Madison, Wisconsin from Amtrak.