The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusOlympia is an urban unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Richland County, South Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census with a population of 1,087. The CDP is in western Richland County, bordered to the north by the city of Columbia, the state capital, and to the west, across the Congaree River, by the city of Cayce. The eastern half of the CDP is residential, while the western half is occupied by the Columbia Quarry of Vulcan Materials. Four locations in the CDP are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Olympia Armory is on Granby Lane in the northeast part of the CDP, the Olympia Mill School is on Olympia Avenue …
Half of its homes were built before 1945.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Olympia 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Olympia’s history is told.
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Olympia, decade by decade
2000
4 historic places in Olympia
Olympia has 4 listings on the National Register, and they protect 260 historic buildings, because Olympia Mill Village Historic District alone counts 257.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.