Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake

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| other_name = Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake, Morris Village Pond

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| location = Richland County, South Carolina

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Village Lake, previously named Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake, is a reservoir in Richland County, South Carolina, United States.{{Cite gnis |id=1239107 |name=Village Lake |date=June 9, 2022 |access-date=July 25, 2023}} Construction of the reservoir was finished in 1973. The {{convert|93.2|acre|m2|adj=mid}} lake is on a tributary of the Crane Creek River.

History

The reservoir was built in 1973 along the tributary of the Crane Creek River.{{cite web |title=Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake, South Carolina |url=http://findlakes.com/alcohol_and_drug_abuse_lake_south-carolina~sc01273.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129044959/http://findlakes.com/alcohol_and_drug_abuse_lake_south-carolina~sc01273.htm |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=18 November 2014 |website=FindLakes }} Its previous name, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake, was first published in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Dams and Reservoirs List in October 1981.

The lake was named after a place called Morris Village Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center,{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0860764,-80.9881337,3a,37.7y,38.59h,82.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siutUiJbMYK33SZvra75SRA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=tts |title=Google Maps Street View |date=April 2021 |access-date=July 25, 2023 |publisher=Google}} a nearby inpatient hospital for people with substance use disorders.{{cite web |last=Jaeger |first=Kyle |date=July 6, 2018 |title="Alcohol And Drug Abuse Lake" Is An Actual Place. No, Really |url=https://www.marijuanamoment.net/alcohol-and-drug-abuse-lake-is-an-actual-place-no-really/ |access-date=July 2, 2019 |publisher=Marijuana Moment}} Before 2022, its owner, the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, used the name "the pond at Morris Village", sometimes "Morris Village Pond" or the "Village Lake".{{Cite web |last=Bland |first=David Travis |date=April 30, 2021 |title=Is SC's 'Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake' a real place? Here's what the owner said |url=https://www.thestate.com/news/state/south-carolina/article251038799.html |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210607083216/https://www.thestate.com/news/state/south-carolina/article251038799.html |archivedate=7 June 2021 |work=The State}} On June 9, 2022, the lake was officially renamed to Village Lake by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN).

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Category:Bodies of water of Richland County, South Carolina

Category:Reservoirs in South Carolina

Category:Dams completed in 1973

Category:1973 establishments in South Carolina

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake

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