Rocky Fork Creek

Callahan Creek is a stream in Boone County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Perche Creek.The stream headwaters arise in northwest Boone County just southeast of Harrisburg adjacent to Missouri Route 124 (at 39°08′19″N 92°27′28″W) and it flows south to southeast to its confluence with Perche Creek (at 38°58′51″N 92°24′37″W) about one half mile north of I-70 at the northwest corner of Columbia.A variant name was Callaham's Creek. The creek's name is a corruption of the last name of William Callaham, a pioneer settler.

Bear Creek is a stream in Boone County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Rocky Fork Creek. Bear creek is approximately 6 miles long. According to tradition, Bear Creek was named for an incident when a bear entered a pioneer family's cabin near the creek.

Columbia Independent School (CIS) is a private school and a prep school in Columbia, Missouri, that serves almost 400 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The school's curriculum emphasizes global perspectives.

The Columbia Mall is a shopping mall located in Columbia, Missouri. It was built in 1985 and is the largest mall in its area. The mall's anchor stores are Target, JCPenney, Level Up Entertainment, two Dillard's stores, and Barnes & Noble.

Christian Fellowship School (CFS) is a private Protestant Christian school in Columbia, Missouri. CFS educates from preschool through twelfth grade.

Columbia Cosmopolitan Recreation Area, commonly referred to as Cosmo Park, is a city park in Columbia, Missouri. At 533 acres (2.16 km2), it is the largest park in Columbia. It is also the location of the annual Show-Me State Games.

Columbia 93 School District, also known as the Columbia Public School District, is located in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. The district is Accredited with Distinction by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 19,052 students are enrolled as of 2020. The district has four high schools, seven middle schools, and twenty-one elementary schools. The district also has a career center, preschool, gifted education school, and special education school. The current Superintendent, Brian Yearwood, started with the district on July 1, 2021. Prior to 2013, there were three middle schools for grades 6-7 and three junior high schools for grades 8–9. With the opening of Battle High School, 9th grade was able to move to high school and all six schools became middle schools for grades 6–8. The seventh middle school, John Warner Middle School, opened its doors in the 2020 school year. The district includes almost all of the Columbia city limits, and it includes all of Huntsdale, McBaine, and Pierpont, along with unincorporated areas.

Missouri Township is one of ten townships in Boone County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2012, its population was 63,334. The township is western half of the City of Columbia making it the most populous township in Boone County.

The Pierce Pennant Motor Hotel, also known as the Candle Light Lodge, is a historic hotel complex that is located on what once was U.S. Route 40, which is now known as Business Loop 70 West in Columbia, Missouri. The hotel complex was constructed in 1929 and is in the Colonial Revival style. The hotel was also a gas station and garage, and was owned by Pierce Petroleum Company, a subsidiary of Standard Oil. Initially the hotel and garage complex was to be one of several along U.S. Hwy 40, each to be spaced about 150 miles apart from New York to San Francisco. Senator Harry S. Truman was staying at the hotel when he learned of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, heralding the United States entry in World War II.During World War II the building was used by Stephens College to train women aviators. In 1959, the complex was Candle Light Lodge and converted to senior citizen housing. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The Columbia Agriculture Park is a public park in Columbia, Missouri, focusing on food production and distribution. It is home to the Columbia Farmers Market, and contains a pavilion with space for 98 vendors. The park opened in 2019 and by 2021 will include an interactive urban farm, demonstration gardens and orchards, a commercial kitchen, event space, a recreational trail, amphitheater, outdoor classroom, and playground. It will also house the offices of the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture and a resource center. The park was created by a public-private partnership between Columbia Parks and Recreation, the Columbia Farmers Market, the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture, and Sustainable Farms and Communities. It is the first of its kind in Missouri.

Shelter Insurance Company is a mutual insurance company which focuses on auto, property, business, and life Insurance. It operates in fifteen U.S. states and the headquarters is in Columbia, Missouri. Shelter was founded in 1946 as the insurance subsidiary of the Missouri Farmers Association (the same company as MFA Incorporated), and was called MFA Mutual Insurance Company. The Shelter name came from the company's slogan, "M.F.A. is your Shield of Shelter". In 1981, the name was changed to Shelter Insurance Companies. The company's headquarters remained in Columbia. The Shelter Insurance Gardens are located at the company headquarters in Columbia.

Kiwanis Park is a public park in Columbia, Missouri.