CHAPIN, South Carolina
A Friendly Southern Town

Quick Overview:
CHAPIN is a small town, located in Lexington County, about 20 miles Northwest of downtown Columbia, SC. The Town of Chapin has a population of 1,445 (2010 census) and the 10-mile radius population is 58,962. Nearby towns and cities include: Irmo, Prosperity and Newberry. Columbia is an easy drive down Interstate 26 (approximately 20 miles).
Town of Chapin website | USGS Geographic Names Information System (Info & Map Links)

What's Here?
Friendly people! Also, highly prized are the excellent Chapin area schools in Lexington Richland District 5. Chapin is known as the capital of Lake Murray with the beautiful lake only minutes away. Chapin offers friendly neighborhoods in a choice of price ranges (homes near the lake, waterfront homes or lake access communities). There are nearby golf courses too, including Timberlake Country Club and Mid-Carolina Country Club.

Dreher Island State Park, located on the shores on Lake Murray, is only 7.5 miles away. The state park features 112 camping sites, five lakeside villas, picnic areas with shelters, playground equipment, boat ramps, rental slips, and a nature trail on 348 acres and 12 miles of Lake Murray shoreline. Crooked Creek Park is located on a 57-acre tract just minutes outside of town. The popular park features a community center and gymnasium with basketball, indoor running/walking track, racquetball courts and ongoing athletic, social and recreational classes, events and leagues. Outdoor facilites include: 3 baseball fields, 3 soccer fields, tennis courts, jogging trail, playground and picnic area.

Chapin is home to the annual Chapin Labor Day Festival. The festival lasts for three days starting on the Saturday before Labor Day and ending on Labor Day.

Major Employers in the Chapin Area:
Lexington Richland School District 5, Ellet Brothers, General Information Services, FB Johnston Graphics, PM Systems Corporation, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

Lake Murray:
Named by a leading magazine as one of the Top Ten Places To Live and Boat in the United States! Lake Murray is located just minutes from Chapin. It's a big lake with over 600 miles of shoreline and a length of 41 miles. When completed in 1930, Lake Murray was the largest man-made lake in the world for power production purposes and the largest earthen dam. The lake is a very popular residential living area with waterfront homes and homes near the lake for easy lake access (Lexington, Irmo, Chapin, Prosperity). The lake is popular for boating, sailing, watersports and fishing. Lake Murray hosts numerous fishing tournaments (both local and large national). The Dreher Shoals Dam on Lake Murray (between Irmo and Lexington) is one of Columbia's most popular places to walk - each way is a distance of 1.6 miles for a roundtrip of just over 3 miles.

THE Best Lake Murray information:
Lake Murray website | Lake Murray Blog | Lake Murray YouTube Video by Mel Coker

THE Best Columbia Online Information:
Columbia "A to Z" | Columbia Blog | Return to Columbia-SC.net Homepage

Mel Coker is Columbia's Technology Realtor!
And, I live in the Chapin area on Lake Murray.

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