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Capitol View’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Capitol View. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Capitol View is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Richland County, South Carolina, United States, consisting of several neighborhoods that are next to the city of Columbia, the state capital. The area was first listed as a census-designated place (CDP) prior to the 2020 census. In 2020 its population was 4,653.

Half of its homes were built before 1976.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Capitol View yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Capitol View, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Capitol View is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Capitol View has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Veterans Hospital in Columbia, 2.4 miles away.

Capitol View and the nearest listed places

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Veterans HospitalMillwoodWoodlandsDovillers-Manning-Magoffin HouseCurtiss-Wright HangarHopkins Graded School

Closest to Capitol View

Veterans HospitalColumbia · Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals2.4miMillwoodColumbia · Greek Revival · Built 18302.6miWoodlandsColumbia · Building2.7miDovillers-Manning-Magoffin HouseColumbia · Greek Revival4.2miCurtiss-Wright HangarColumbia · Building4.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Veterans Hospital’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Capitol View?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Capitol View’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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nearby towns’ history
📜 Columbia📜 Forest Acres📜 Arcadia Lakes📜 Cayce
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Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/19 · 2025-01-01
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