The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusOlanta is a town in Florence County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Olanta had a population of 550. It is part of the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 563 to 550 (-2%). Half of its homes were built before 1963.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Olanta 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.
Start Olanta’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Olanta’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Olanta is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Olanta has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Tanglewood Plantation in Lynchburg, 8.4 miles away.
Olanta and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.