Columbus

 is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio, fourth largest city in the American Midwest, and the state's third largest metropolitan area, behind Cincinnati and Cleveland. It is the county seat of Franklin County. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816.

During a zombie plague that ravaged the world in 2009, most of the population of Columbus were killed and/or turned into zombies. One young man, who had since been living in Texas, assumed Columbus as a nickname and sought to return to the city of his birth in the hopes of finding his family.

Characters from

 * Columbus (Zombieland)

People who were born in

 * R. L. Stine