Wayfarrow

Celestia

Ghost town · Saluda County, South Carolina

Good Hope quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Good Hope quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Celestia is a ghost town in Saluda County, South Carolina. It is one of 5 former communities in Saluda County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 28th among the 43 South Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Celestia as a historical populated place on the Good Hope 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 34.0060° N, 81.9568° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGood Hope
Elevation496 ft
Nearest living townSaluda, SC
Distance to it10.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1232548
Coordinates34.00596, -81.95678

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Celestia is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Saluda, SC (population 3,095), about 10.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 496 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Celestia?

Celestia is in Saluda County, South Carolina, at 34.0060, -81.9568.

How many ghost towns are in Saluda County?

Saluda County, South Carolina has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.