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Lake Murray is located on the Saluda River in Central South Carolina, in Lexington, Richland, Newberry, and Saluda counties. [13] It is nearby to the town of Lexington, which itself is a suburb of the capital of South Carolina, Columbia. It has a max width of 41 miles and length of 14 miles.
The Saluda Dam [1] or Saluda River Dam, [2] officially the Dreher Shoals Dam, [1] [3] commonly referred to as the Lake Murray Dam, [4] [5] is an earthen embankment dam located approximately 10 miles (15 km) west of Columbia, South Carolina on the Saluda River. Construction on the dam began in 1927 and was completed in 1930.
Lake Murray of Richland is a census-designated place (CDP) in Richland County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,110 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina metropolitan area.
Lake Murray Country is a large area of South Carolina, United States; the region includes the counties of Newberry, Saluda, Lexington, and Richland. [1] The towns of Lexington and Irmo are usually considered to be part of it. The region's focal point is Lake Murray. [1] Lake Murray's name comes from its chief engineer William S. Murray.
Lake Murray may refer to: Lake Murray (Papua New Guinea), the largest lake in Papua New Guinea; Lake Murray (South Carolina), for a time the largest artificial lake in the world; Lake Murray (Oklahoma), a lake and the oldest State Park in Oklahoma; Lake Murray (California), a reservoir in San Diego
Chapin, popularly known as the "Capital of Lake Murray", is a small lake town located at the northern tip of Lexington County, South Carolina, United States. Lake Murray separates Chapin from the rest of Lexington County. The population of Chapin was 1,445 according to the 2010 census, [5] and an estimated 1,633 in 2019.
Dreher Island State Park is in central South Carolina roughly 30 miles (48 km) from the state's capital of Columbia.It occupies all of the largest island in 50,000-acre (202 km 2) Lake Murray, a reservoir of the Saluda River.
Greenwood Highway (SC 72/US 221) in Lake Shores, South Carolina; Newberry County/Saluda County Ninety-Six Highway ; SC 39 in Chappells, South Carolina; Newberry Highway ; Lake Murray Kempson Bridge Road ; SC 391 near Prosperity, South Carolina (also crosses the Little Saluda River) Dreher Shoals Dam ; Columbia/West Columbia Interstate 20