Mormon members belong to stakes, districts, and branches in a temple district, like the Columbia South Carolina Temple Temple District, which grows as members join the Church

Columbia South Carolina Temple

Temple District Chronological

Congregations are organized into stakes, districts, and branches, which belong to a temple district. Following are the stakes belonging to the Columbia South Carolina Temple District listed in order of creation.
The Columbia South Carolina Temple serves members from 14 stakes based in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee:

Columbia South Carolina StakeOctober 19, 1947
Greenville South Carolina StakeJanuary 27, 1963
Florence South Carolina StakeApril 21, 1968
Charleston South Carolina StakeAugust 20, 1972
Charlotte North Carolina South StakeNovember 19, 1972
Augusta Georgia StakeFebruary 5, 1978
Savannah Georgia StakeMay 7, 1978
Asheville North Carolina StakeNovember 25, 1979
Kingsport Tennessee StakeJanuary 13, 1980
Hickory North Carolina StakeOctober 31, 1982
Charlotte North Carolina Central StakeSeptember 21, 1986
Columbia South Carolina TempleDedicated October 16, 1999
West Columbia South Carolina StakeFebruary 3, 2002
Greenville South Carolina East StakeNovember 16, 2003
Gastonia North Carolina StakeJune 4, 2006