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.
Things to Do in Columbia
- Accommodations
– Hotels in Columbia
- Festivals, events
– Columbia events
- Arts, entertainment, dining
– Columbia restaurants
– Columbia bands
– Columbia music - symphonies, orchestras, concert bands, choral groups
– Columbia theaters, theater groups
– The Nickelodeon
- Attractions
– Columbia amusement, adventure, water parks
– Columbia historic houses
– Columbia historic sites, buildings, monuments
– Columbia museums
– Columbia shopping
– Columbia zoos, observatory
– Tunnelvision and Busted Plug
- Sports, outdoor recreation
– Capital City Gymnastics
– Columbia recreation, sports organizations
– Gamecocks - USC
– Summer camps in Columbia
- Parks
– Finlay Park
– Three Rivers Greenway
- Lakes, rivers
– Lake Murray
– Broad River
– Lower Saluda River
– Middle Saluda River
- Related travel, tourism resources
– Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board
– Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
– Historic Columbia Foundation
– Midlands Authority for Conventions, Sports, and Tourism
Columbia Maps, Transportation
Columbia Jobs, Careers
Businesses in Columbia
Real Estate in Columbia
Columbia is the largest city in South Carolina. The following guides will put you in touch with the resources you need to help you buy, sell, build, or move.
Check out our featured Columbia real estate resources:
Columbia Businesses
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Other Columbia Businesses
For a full guide to businesses located in and around Columbia, please see our
South Carolina Business Directory.
Columbia Economic Development
Columbia News, Media
Columbia Government, Military
Columbia Schools, Colleges, Libraries
Columbia Churches, Nonprofits
Columbia History
