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Columbia, South Carolina
South Carolina Richland County Columbia
Columbia is located in the center of South Carolina at the junctions of Interstates 20, 26 and 77. It is South Carolina's most populated city, the state capital, the county seat of Richland County, the home of the University of South Carolina's main campus, and the site of the South Carolina State Fair each October. A small part of Columbia also extends into Lexington County. Here is a map of the Columbia area.
Columbia was settled by Europeans in the early 1700s and chosen to be the site of the new South Carolina state capital in 1786. It was chartered as a town in 1805 and as a city in 1854. Columbia was named for Christopher Columbus, and it was South Carolina's first planned city (wide streets arranged in a grid pattern) and the second planned city in the United States (Savannah was the first). Despite this, Columbia did not have a single paved street until Main Street was surfaced in 1908.
Columbia Hotels - a helpful guide - make reservations online
General Information, Jobs
Maps, Transportation
Recreation, Entertainment, Tourism
- Accommodations
– Hotels and motels in Columbia SC
- Festivals, events
– Annual Columbia events - alphabetical list
– Upcoming Columbia events - links to community calendars
- Arts, entertainment, dining
– Columbia bars
– Columbia restaurants
– Columbia art museums
– Columbia bands, musicians - popular music
– Columbia coliseums, auditoriums
– Columbia dance companies
– Columbia orchestras, concert bands, singing groups
– Columbia theaters, theater groups
- Attractions
– Columbia amusement, adventure, water parks
– Columbia gardens
– Columbia historic houses
– Columbia historic sites, buildings, monuments
– Columbia museums
– Columbia shopping
– Columbia zoos, observatory
- Sports, outdoor recreation
– Columbia golf
– Columbia recreation, sports organizations
– Columbia Blowfish - Coastal Plain League Summer Collegiate Baseball
– Gamecocks - USC
- Parks
– Earlewood Park
– Finlay Park
– Granby Park
– Maxcy Gregg Park
– Olympia Park
– Roy Lynch Park
– Southeast Park
– Three Rivers Greenway
- Lakes, rivers
– Lake Murray
– Broad River
– Lower Saluda River
– Middle Saluda River
- Related travel, tourism resources
– Columbia travel agencies
– Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board
– Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
– Historic Columbia Foundation
– Midlands Authority for Conventions, Sports, and Tourism
Real Estate, Relocation
Business Resources
Businesses in Columbia, South Carolina
Media
Government, Military
Schools, Colleges, Libraries, Museums
Hospitals, Churches, Helping Organizations
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