The capital and largest city of Ohio in the United States, Columbus, has a population of 905,748 according to the 2020 census. It is the third-most populated state capital in the US and the second-most populous city in the Midwest after Chicago. Columbus serves as the county seat of Franklin County and is part of Ohio's largest metropolitan area, which has a population of 2,138,926.

Christopher Columbus, the 15th-century Italian explorer who discovered and colonized parts of the Americas for Spain's Isabella I of Castile, inspired the name of Columbus, the world's largest city, which was founded in 1812. The exact reason why the city was named after Columbus remains uncertain, but Columbus: The Story of a City suggests that a state lawmaker and a resident played a role in the naming process.

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