West Columbia
West Columbia, formerly Brookland, is a city and commuter town in the suburban eastern sections of Lexington County, South Carolina, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population was 14,988, and the 2019 population estimate was 17,998.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 17,400 residents
- Description: city in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States of America
- Also known as: “Aretasville”, “Brookland”, “Green Hill”, “New Brookland”, “West Columbia, SC”, and “West Columbia, South Carolina”
- Postal codes: 29169-29172
Places of Interest
Highlights include New Brookland Historic District and EdVenture.
New Brookland Historic District
Historic site
New Brookland Historic District is a national historic district located at West Columbia, Lexington County, South Carolina. It encompasses 23 contributing buildings in the central business district and the "mill village" sections of West Columbia.
EdVenture
Museum
EdVenture is the largest children's museum in the Southeast United States, located in Columbia, South Carolina. It is second only to The Children's Museum of Indianapolis which is the largest children's museum in the world.
Guignard Brick Works
Historic site
Photo: Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Guignard Brick Works is a historic industrial site and national historic district located in Cayce, Lexington County, South Carolina. The brick works was established by the Guignard family in 1801 and over the years produced brick for many buildings in Columbia, South Carolina and throughout the South.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Columbia and Cayce.
Columbia
Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Columbia is the capital city and second largest city in South Carolina. It is home to the main campus of the University of South Carolina, and to the Army's Fort Jackson.
Cayce
Town
Cayce is a city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, along the Congaree River. Its population was 12,528 at the 2010 census and rose to 13,789 in the 2020 United States Census, and it is the third-most populated municipality in Lexington County. Cayce is situated 2 miles south of West Columbia.
Elmwood Park
Hamlet
Elmwood Park is a residential neighborhood and historic district in what is now the center of Columbia, South Carolina. Founded in the early 1900s, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Elmwood Park Historic District in 1991. Elmwood Park is situated 2 miles northeast of West Columbia.
West Columbia
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Lexington County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.99187° or 33° 59′ 31″ northLongitude
-81.06403° or 81° 3′ 51″ westPopulation
17,400Elevation
285 feet (87 metres)United Nations Location Code
US WCBOpen location code
865WXWRP+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 154301214OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“West Columbia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ويست كولومبيا”
- Basque: “West Columbia”
- Catalan: “West Columbia”
- Cebuano: “West Columbia”
- Chechen: “Вест-Колумбия”
- Chinese: “West Columbia”
- Chinese: “西哥伦比亚”
- Danish: “West Columbia”
- Dutch: “West Columbia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويسانت كولومبيا”
- French: “West Columbia”
- German: “West Columbia”
- Gilaki: “وست کؤلؤمبيا”
- Haitian: “West Columbia, Kawolin disid”
- Haitian: “West Columbia”
- Irish: “West Columbia”
- Italian: “West Columbia”
- Japanese: “ウェストコロンビア”
- Korean: “웨스트 컬럼비아”
- Korean: “웨스트컬럼비아”
- Ladin: “West Columbia”
- Malagasy: “West Columbia, South Carolina”
- Malagasy: “West Columbia”
- Min Nan Chinese: “West Columbia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Columbia”
- Norwegian: “West Columbia”
- Persian: “وست کلامبیا، کارولینای جنوبی”
- Persian: “وست کلامبیا”
- Persian: “وست کلمبیا”
- Polish: “West Columbia”
- Portuguese: “West Columbia”
- Russian: “Вест-Колумбия”
- Serbian: “Вест Коламбија”
- Serbian: “Вест Колумбија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Columbia, South Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Columbia”
- Slovak: “West Columbia”
- South Azerbaijani: “وست کلمبیا، گونئی کارولینا”
- Spanish: “West Columbia (Carolina del Sur)”
- Spanish: “West Columbia”
- Swedish: “West Columbia”
- Tatar: “Вест-Колумбия (Көньяк Каролина)”
- Tatar: “Вест-Колумбия”
- Turkish: “West Columbia, Güney Karolina”
- Turkish: “West Columbia”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Колумбія”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ کولمبیا، جنوبی کیرولائنا”
- Uzbek: “West Columbia”
- Volapük: “West Columbia”
- Waray (Philippines): “West Columbia, South Carolina”
- Waray (Philippines): “West Columbia”
- Welsh: “West Columbia, De Carolina”
- Welsh: “West Columbia”
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