Last updated October 5, 2026

Palms at Rocky Point — Columbia, South Carolina.

Palms at Rocky Point is a residential subdivision in unincorporated Lexington County. The mailing city is Columbia and the ZIP is 29212. Buyers shop it with the Irmo / east-shore side of Lake Murray; the mailbox city is Columbia. Address points tagged Palms @ Rocky Point are all unincorporated, and the parcels in this set sit in tax district 5 FW.

The county master name is PALMS @ ROCKY POINT. Two phase polygons (base / Ph I and Ph II). SubType RES. GIS stores RestrictBook / RestrictPage 6336 / 307 on both polygons. The Register of Deeds restrictions index lists PALMS AT ROCKY POINT at 9144 / 332 and 20909 / 3368 (declaration of covenant note). Instruments were not opened. East Rocky Point and Rocky Point Acres are other recorded names. They are not this map.

Most Palms parcels are typed residential improved. A twelve-parcel lakefront-improved class sits on Palm Lake Drive and Palm Point Drive. Homes on the roll continue into 2026. This guide states that split. It does not invent a frontage distance.

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About Palms at Rocky Point

Do not shop Palms at Rocky Point from one lot count. The fields do not match, and not every parcel is the lakefront type.

Subdivision-layer NumberLots: base / Ph I 27, Ph II 27. Sum 54. That sum is not a finished-house count by itself.
Address points tagged Palms @ Rocky Point / Ph II on October 5, 2026: 48. All unincorporated, Columbia 29212. By label: base 26, Ph II 22. Feature type: residential 44, plus common-area / utility / other codes. Status: existing 47, to be placed 1.
Parcels with Palms at / @ Rocky Point in the legal: 50. All tax district 5 FW.

Property types on the 50: 33 residential improved, 12 lakefront improved, 2 homeowners assoc improved, 2 residential unimproved, and 1 City of Columbia lift-station parcel. Year built on improved cards with a year greater than zero runs from 2004 through 2026 on the roll.

Situs streets include Palm Point Drive, Palm Lake Drive, Royal Palm Boulevard, Sago Palm Drive, and Silver Palm Drive. Neighborhood codes PALMSPAT and PALMSRPT appear.

Homes for Sale in Palms at Rocky Point

As of October 5, 2026, this guide does not publish an active listing count or a list price. No portal snapshot was used.

What the tax roll supports is a two-phase street map, a residential-improved majority, a twelve-parcel lakefront-improved class, association common-area parcels, two residential-unimproved lots, and a City of Columbia lift station. Homes are still appearing with 2024–2026 year-built values. Ask for a fresh MLS pull before treating any count as live.

Market Data as of October 2026

All time-sensitive numbers live in this section. Assessor sale rows only. No median. Sub-$100,000 2024 rows that look like lot transfers (with later year-built values) were not used as finished-house comps.

205 Palm Lake Drive, Columbia, SC 29212. Assessor sale date September 4, 2026. Price $885,000. CAMA deed book 21242, page 3254. TMS 001850-01-007. Legal “PALMS AT ROCKY POINT S/D LOT 7 .16 AC.” Year built 2022. Property type lakefront improved. Tax district 5 FW.
217 Palm Lake Drive, Columbia, SC 29212. Assessor sale date July 21, 2026. Price $750,000. CAMA deed book 21234, page 3714. TMS 001850-01-010. Legal notes lot 10 / part of common area. Year built 2005. Property type residential improved.
136 Palm Point Drive, Columbia, SC 29212. Assessor sale date May 8, 2026. Price $594,000. CAMA deed book 21223, page 1125. TMS 001850-02-023. Legal “PALMS @ ROCKY POINT II LOT 23 .19 AC.” Year built 2026. Property type residential improved.
209 Palm Lake Drive, Columbia, SC 29212. Assessor sale date April 14, 2025. Price $1,150,000. CAMA deed book 21155, page 4256. TMS 001850-01-008. Year built 2010. Property type lakefront improved.
213 Palm Lake Drive, Columbia, SC 29212. Assessor sale date February 5, 2025. Price $850,000. CAMA deed book 21145, page 0602. TMS 001850-01-009. Year built 2017. Property type lakefront improved.
300 Silver Palm Drive, Columbia, SC 29212. Assessor sale date June 13, 2025. Price $445,000. CAMA deed book 21167, page 2873. TMS 001850-01-021. Year built 2004. Property type residential improved.
210 Palm Lake Drive, Columbia, SC 29212. Assessor sale date December 6, 2024. Price $415,000. CAMA deed book 21137, page 3130. TMS 001850-01-023. Year built 2022. Property type residential improved.
132 Palm Point Drive, Columbia, SC 29212. Assessor sale date October 25, 2024. Price $489,000. CAMA deed book 21131, page 0345. TMS 001850-02-024. Year built 2024. Property type residential improved.
181 Palm Point Drive, Columbia, SC 29212. Assessor sale date February 29, 2024. Price $649,000. CAMA deed book 21097, page 3337. TMS 001850-02-009. Year built 2015. Property type residential improved.
Scale, not a price: NumberLots sum 54, address points 48, legal parcels 50. Lakefront improved is 12. These are different fields.
HOA dollars: Not in the county record used here.
Not used as house comps: 2024 $65,000 and $60,000 rows on Palm Point Drive lots that still show later year-built values.
Active portal listings: None confirmed for this page on October 5, 2026.

Sources: Lexington County GIS layers retrieved October 5, 2026; Register of Deeds restrictions index with page marks 11/5/2025; Lexington County Auditor TY2025 millage schedule. Deed images were not opened.

Types of Homes

Public records support two phase polygons, a street map, and a property-type split.

Residential improved: 33.
Lakefront improved: 12 — Palm Lake Drive lots 6–9, 11–12 and Palm Point Drive Ph II lots 10–15/17. Lakefront unimproved: 0.
Homeowners assoc improved: 2 — common areas owned by Palms @ Rocky Point Homeowners / Palms At Rocky Point Homeowners.
Residential unimproved: 2 — 152 and 148 Palm Point Drive (Ph II).
City of Columbia: 1 lift-station parcel at 160 Palm Point Drive.
Not a condo regime in the property types returned for this set.

Neighborhood Amenities

The tax roll shows association common-area parcels. It does not publish a pool, clubhouse, or amenity directory.

TMS 001850-01-027. Owner Palms @ Rocky Point Homeowners. Homeowners assoc improved. Legal common area .11 AC. Situs 221 Palm Lake Drive.
TMS 001850-02-026. Owner Palms At Rocky Point Homeowners. Homeowners assoc improved. Legal Ph II common area. Situs string references Palm Pt / Rocky Pt Drive.
TMS 001850-02-027. Owner City of Columbia. Lift station .13 AC at 160 Palm Point Drive. Not a house.
Gate: not in this record. Dues: not published.

If a seller's packet shows an assessment or a maintenance rule, the packet and the recorded covenants win over this page.

Shopping, Dining, and Recreation

Palms at Rocky Point uses a Columbia 29212 mailing address in unincorporated Lexington County on the Irmo-side Lake Murray map. This page does not name stores or restaurants, and it does not publish a drive time.

Off-site public ramps and marinas are a separate trip. This page does not publish that drive time or a frontage distance.

Contact The Patrick O'Connor Team

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Lexington, SC 29072
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Home Prices

There is no Palms at Rocky Point price range in the public record assembled for this page. The assessor sales cited under Market Data are individual deeds. They are not a median. Lakefront-improved and residential-improved examples both appear — do not average them into one neighborhood price.

Use Market Data for the figures this page will stand behind, including $885,000 on September 4, 2026, for 205 Palm Lake Drive (lakefront improved), and $1,150,000 on April 14, 2025, for 209 Palm Lake Drive (lakefront improved).

Quick Facts

Place: Palms at Rocky Point, Columbia, SC 29212
Jurisdiction: unincorporated Lexington County. Tax district 5 FW
Counts: NumberLots sum 54, address points 48, legal parcels 50
Lakefront improved 12, residential improved 33. Still adding homes (year built through 2026)
GIS restrictions pair 6336 / 307; index lines 9144 / 332 and 20909 / 3368
HOA owner strings: Palms @ / At Rocky Point Homeowners. Dues not published. Gate not in this record
Not this map: East Rocky Point, Rocky Point Acres
Schools: not assigned here. Use the district locator

Schools are not assigned in the records used here. Confirm the address with School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties and the district zone locator.

Waterfront Homes

Do not write a frontage distance, and do not say every Palms lot fronts the lake. On the 50-parcel set, the tax roll classifies 12 parcels lakefront improved and 0 lakefront unimproved.

Lakefront-improved situs on the roll: 201, 205, 209, 213, 225, and 229 Palm Lake Drive; 192, 188, 184, 180, 176, and 172 Palm Point Drive. Deed images were not opened. No frontage length is published here.

Lake Murray Access

Classify Palms at Rocky Point as an unincorporated two-phase subdivision with a mostly residential-improved tax class and a lakefront-improved minority:

On the county class: 12 lakefront improved
Not that class: 33 residential improved, 2 association common areas, 2 residential unimproved, 1 City lift station
Not established: a frontage distance, a resident beach, a community ramp inside these polygons, or a private dock claim from the fields used here
Off site: public ramps and marinas are a separate drive

Location and Commute

Palms at Rocky Point is in unincorporated Lexington County, mailing city Columbia, ZIP 29212. Municipal point checks on sample parcels hit Unincorporated, designation OUT.

This page does not publish a minute count. Drive the commute at the hour you travel.

Nearby Neighborhoods to Compare

The county file distinguishes names. It does not give a ranked list of neighbors or a straight-line distance. This page does not invent either.

Live Irmo-area / Ballentine guides already on this site include Beacon Point, Laguna Vista Estates, Regatta Shores, Lakeport, and Forty Love Point. Compare county, tax class, and plat — not the word “point” or “cove” in a name
Sibling Irmo-side packages in this build: Ballentine Cove, Wexford, Clearwater, Regatta, Shadowood Cove
East Rocky Point and Rocky Point Acres are other recorded names — not this master
Wexford, Clearwater, and Regatta are other Columbia 29212 Irmo-side lake plats in this build

More guides sit on the Neighborhoods hub.

Buying a Home in Palms at Rocky Point

A practical checklist from the county file:

Confirm the legal is Palms at / @ Rocky Point in Columbia 29212, unincorporated, tax district 5 FW, and not East Rocky Point or Rocky Point Acres
Read the property type. Twelve parcels are lakefront improved. Thirty-three are residential improved. Two Ph II lots are still residential unimproved
Ask which association parcel, if any, touches the lot
Ask for any covenants and any assessment. This guide has no dues number. A gate is not in this record
Confirm school assignment with the district locator
Price from recorded sales in the same tax class and current comps — newer year-built cards are still appearing

Call The Patrick O'Connor Team at 803-243-0224 for a current MLS pull and a tour.

Selling a Home in Palms at Rocky Point

Buyers will ask whether the lot is typed lakefront or residential improved, which phase the legal names, and what the 2024–2026 assessor sales do and do not say about price — including recent Palm Lake Drive lakefront examples. They will also ask about the Palms @ Rocky Point Homeowners common areas and whether East Rocky Point listings were mixed in by mistake.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Palms at Rocky Point inside the Town of Irmo?

No, on the records used here. Address points are unincorporated. Parcels are tax district 5 FW. The mailing city is Columbia and the ZIP is 29212.

How many homes are in Palms at Rocky Point?

NumberLots sum to 54. Address points are 48. Legal parcels are 50. Homes are still being added (year built through 2026). Those fields do not match one finished-house number.

Does every house front Lake Murray?

No. Twelve parcels are typed lakefront improved. Zero are lakefront unimproved in this set.

What are the HOA dues?

Not published in the county record used here. Palms @ / At Rocky Point Homeowners appear on common-area parcels. The dollar amount is not. A gate is not in this record.

What did recent sales show?

Examples include 205 Palm Lake Drive at $885,000 on September 4, 2026 (lakefront improved) and 209 Palm Lake Drive at $1,150,000 on April 14, 2025 (lakefront improved). They are not a median.

What schools serve Palms at Rocky Point?

This research did not return an elementary, middle, or high assignment, so none is named here. Check the address on the District Five site before you rely on a school name in a listing.

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