Welcome to Lisbon ...

So far, we found very little information about Lisbon. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lisbon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lisbon, please Contact Us.

Lisbon would have been located within present day Richland County<2>.

The location of Lisbon has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lisbon, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1912.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lisbon is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Lisbon was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Lisbon still existed, it would have been in the (803) area code.

Communities Also Named Lisbon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two South Carolina communities named Lisbon: This one is located in Richland County and the other is located in Laurens County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 34 communities that are also named Lisbon - they are located in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lisbon.

Communities near Lisbon ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lisbon.

• Columbia
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
  • Columbia is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 132,130 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <5>
• West Columbia
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Columbia
  • West Columbia is located in Lexington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,109 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Columbia <5>
• Cayce
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
  • Cayce is located in Lexington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,994 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayce <5>
• Forest Acres
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Acres
  • Forest Acres is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,269 people
• Camden
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Camden is located in Kershaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,288 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <5>
• Blythewood
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythewood
  • Blythewood is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blythewood <5>
• Springdale
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
  • Springdale is located in Lexington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
• Pineridge
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
  • Pineridge is located in Lexington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
• Elgin
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Elgin is located in Kershaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <5>
• Arcadia Lakes
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcadia Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Lakes
  • Arcadia Lakes is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lisbon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lisbon.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lisbon. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lisbon.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lisbon. See our Newspapers Page for Lisbon.

Adding Lisbon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lisbon in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lisbon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lisbon post office opened in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lisbon.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Richland County: www.richlandonline.com/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/