North Columbus is a district in Columbus, Georgia

Columbus, Georgia

Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...

, situated just north of the district of Bibb City

Bibb City, Georgia

Bibb City is a former town in Muscogee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2000 census, it had a total population of 510. Formerly an incorporated city surrounding—and managed by—the Bibb Manufacturing Co. mill, the city dissolved its charter on December 7, 2000, two years after the mill...

. It is bounded roughly by Moore Road on the north, Manchester Expressway

Georgia State Route 85

State Route 85 is a Georgia state route that begins in Columbus and ends just west of Forest Park in north Clayton County. Besides Columbus, the route passes through only one county seat, Fayetteville in Fayette County...

 to the south, Moon Road on the east, and J. R. Allen Parkway on the west.

Culture

North Columbus is home to many hotels (most by Marriott

Marriott Hotels & Resorts

Marriott Hotels & Resorts is Marriott International's flagship brand of full service hotels and resorts. The company, based in Washington D.C., is repeatedly included on the Forbes Best Companies to Work for list, and was voted the 4th best company to work for in the UK by The Times in 2009.As of...

), including Courtyard

Courtyard by Marriott

Courtyard by Marriott is a brand of hotels owned by Marriott International. Courtyard by Marriott is designed for business travelers but also accommodates to families. Its rooms feature large desks, couches, free broadband Internet access, and "big" breakfasts. The majority of locations have...

, Fairfield Inn

Fairfield Inn by Marriott

Fairfield Inn by Marriott is a lower cost brand of hotels that are franchised by Marriott International. The intended use is for guests requiring simply a place to sleep with fewer amenities. This allows Marriott to offer lower prices than would otherwise be possible...

, SpringHill Suites

SpringHill Suites

SpringHill Suites is part of the Marriott International family of hotels.In 1998, Marriott International announced plans to convert Fairfield Suites to SpringHill Suites by Marriott. By doing so, Marriott hoped to capture a share in the upper moderate-priced all-suite lodging segment of the hotel...

, and more recently, Homewood Suites by Hilton

Homewood Suites by Hilton

Homewood Suites by Hilton is an American chain of all-suite residential-style hotels managed by the Hilton Worldwide. As of April 2011, the chain consists of 306 hotels and another 75 under development...

. North Columbus is also home to Columbus Park Crossing

Columbus Park Crossing

Columbus Park Crossing, owned by Ben Carter Properties, is a major strip mall located in North Columbus, Georgia. Groundbreaking began in 2002. The mall includes big box tenants.-Anchors and Junior Anchors:*Barnes & Noble*Bed Bath & Beyond*Carmike 15...

, an outdoor strip mall

Strip mall

A strip mall is an open-area shopping center where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front...

.

Neighborhoods

The following are neighborhoods in North Columbus:

• Allendale
  Allendale, Columbus, Georgia
  Allendale, Columbus, Georgia is a neighborhood located in Columbus, Georgia. The boundaries of the area are Wilbur Drive to the north, Miller Road and the Columbus Airport to the south, Bill Heard Parkway to the west and Moon Road to the east....
  
  
• Caroline Park
  Caroline Park, Columbus, Georgia
  Caroline Park is a residential neighborhood in Columbus, Georgia. It is located north of the central business district of Downtown....
  
  
• Glenns
  Glenns, Columbus, Georgia
  Glenns is a residential neighborhood in Columbus, Georgia. In recent years, Glenns has been overrun with many new houses, with most ranging in the $300,000 range. Many of the people residing there are of the Jewish faith.-References:...
  
  
• Green Island Hills
  Green Island Hills
  Green Island Hills is an upscale residential neighborhood within the city of Columbus, Georgia, United States.Homes in Green Island Hills range from Georgian, Tudor and Spanish Revival to Craftsman, with new modern homes popping up every month...
  
  
• Highland Pines
  Highland Pines, Columbus, Georgia
  -Nankipooh:In Highland Pines is unincorporated area called "Nankipooh", home to Nankipooh Bar B Que.-References:...
  
  
  • Nankipooh
• Lyn Hills

Tornado

On March 1 2007, a category EF2

Enhanced Fujita Scale

The Enhanced Fujita Scale rates the strength of tornadoes in the United States based on the damage they cause.Implemented in place of the Fujita scale introduced in 1971 by Ted Fujita, it began operational use on February 1, 2007. The scale has the same basic design as the original Fujita scale:...

 tornado

Tornado

A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...

ripped through North Columbus, causing many power outages and an extreme amount of damage. While there were dozens of injuries, there were no fatalities.