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Boiling Spring

Ghost town · Orangeburg County, South Carolina

Woodford quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1946, 1:62,500)
Woodford quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1946, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Boiling Spring is a ghost town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It is one of 8 former communities in Orangeburg County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 18th among the 43 South Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Boiling Spring as a historical populated place on the North topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 33.5438° N, 81.1001° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNorth
Elevation285 ft
Nearest living townLivingston, SC
Distance to it1.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1242523
Coordinates33.54376, -81.10010

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What's there now

Boiling Spring is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Livingston, SC (population 173), about 1.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 285 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Boiling Spring?

Boiling Spring is in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, at 33.5438, -81.1001.

How many ghost towns are in Orangeburg County?

Orangeburg County, South Carolina has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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