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Olympia, SC
South Carolina · Lexington County · Columbia Metro
Olympia is a small town in South Carolina with a population of 1,301.
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/5.0
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Poor
1,301
Population
1,832/sq mi density
$189,200
Home Value
$207,427 Zillow
$1,214
Median Rent
51.0% income on rent
67°F
Avg Temperature
308 sunny days/yr
734
Violent Crime/100K
5,294 property/100K
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Overall
1.1 / 5.0
Poor overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Safety
1.0 / 5.0
734 violent crimes/100K (93% above avg)
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Education
1.2 / 5.0
2.2% bachelor's degree or higher
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Historic Markers
135
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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Haunted Places
5
Locations with documented reports of paranormal activity and sightings
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Mines
2
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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Haunted Places Near Olympia, SC
5 reported haunted locations found near Olympia, SC.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Longstreet Theatre | The haunting of Longstreet Theatre relates directly to it's history of being used as a military hospital during the Civil War. It has long been rumored the morgue was housed in the basement of this building in a room that now serves as the "Green Room" for the theatre. The "Green Room" actually is three barrel-vaulted alcoves made out of brick. Many stories have circulated among the student population of sightings and strange noises, especially late at night. So convinced are some theatre stu... |
| Olympia Road | the abandoned mill - near the fairgrounds - Several years ago when children were forced to work, there was a mill that a deranged man owned. Many children died of exhaustion, and the owner put their bodies in the furnace. It is a high spiritual place, and there have been many odd happenings here, including the furnace mysteriously turning on and the sound of children crying. There is a story on this website in the hauntings section. - April 2008 Correction: Whoever submitted that to you mere... |
| Riverside Estates | In the early 19th century, the land currently occupied by the Riverside Estates Apartment Complex was a plantation adjacent to the Congaree River. Documentation states that the plantation owner would discard unwanted slave babies into the outhouses and as a result, they would die from in suffocation in human excrement. Today, many of the residents claim to hear babies crying in their toilets. Some claim to see faces in their toilet water and others even claim that these phenomena have caused ... |
| The Congaree River Bridge | Haunted by a young girl who hitchhikes and asks her benefactor who picks her up to take her to her home and disappears in the car on the way there. |
| University of South Carolina | In the catacombs, there is supposed to be a 'Third Eye Man', a ghost with what looks like a third eye in the middle of his forehead. The sightings started in the eighties.- December Update: A visitor read the description of the Third Eye Man, the stories actually go back much farther than the '80's, the earliest story they have found is from about 1946. In the archives they found an article written by a student about being accosted in the catacombs by a man who was taller than natural and app... |