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State of South Carolina
Flag of South Carolina State seal of South Carolina
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): The Palmetto State
Motto(s): Dum spiro spero* (Latin)
Animis opibusque parati† (Latin)
before statehood, known as
the Province of South Carolina
Map of the United States with South Carolina highlighted
Official language(s) English
Demonym South Carolinian
Capital Columbia
Largest city Columbia
Area  Ranked 40th in the US
 - Total 32,020.1 sq mi
(82,931.8 km2)
 - Width 200 miles (320 km)
 - Length 260 miles (420 km)
 - % water 6
 - Latitude 32° 2′ N to 35° 13′ N
 - Longitude 78° 32′ W to 83° 21′ W
Population  Ranked 24th in the US
 - Total 4,561,242 (2009 est.)[1]
 - Density 143.4/sq mi  (55.37/km2)
Ranked 24 in the US
 - Median income  $39,326 (39th)
Elevation  
 - Highest point Sassafras Mountain[2]
3,560 ft  (1,085 m)
 - Mean 350 ft  (110 m)
 - Lowest point Atlantic Ocean[2]
0 ft  (0 m)
Admission to Union  May 23, 1788 (8th)
Governor Mark Sanford (R)
Lieutenant Governor André Bauer (R)
U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R)
Jim DeMint (R)
U.S. House delegation 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats (list)
Time zone Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Abbreviations SC US-SC
Website http://www.sc.gov
South Carolina (Listeni /ˌsaʊθ kærəˈlaɪnə/) is a state in the southeastern United States that borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence from the British Crown during the American Revolution. The colony was originally named in honor of King Charles I, as Carolus is Latin for Charles. South Carolina was the first state to vote to secede from the Union and was the founding state of the Confederate States of America. According to an estimate by the United States Census Bureau, the state's population in 2009 was 4,561,242 and ranked 24th among the U.S. states. South Carolina contains 46 counties and its capital is Columbia.

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Geography

Map of South Carolina
South Carolina is bordered to the north by North Carolina; to the south and west by Georgia, located across the Savannah River; and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean.
South Carolina is composed of thirty-six geographic areas, whose boundaries roughly parallel the northeast/southwest Atlantic coastline. In the Southeast part of the state is the Coastal Zone, with the lowest elevations, which is divided into three separate areas, the Grand Strand, the Santee River Delta, and the Barrier Islands. To the Northwest (inland) are the Coastal Plains, often divided into the Outer and Inner Coastal Plains, also known as the Lowcountry. Further inland, and higher in elevation are the Sandhills, which used to be South Carolina's fall line. Inland from the Sandhills is the Piedmont, which is hilly, and contains many major cities. The region with the highest elevation, in the Northwest of the state, is the Blue Ridge Region, a mountainous area which is the smallest region.
The state's coastline contains many salt marshes -and- estuaries, as well as natural ports such as Georgetown and Charleston. An unusual feature of the coastal plain is a large number of Carolina bays, the origins of which are uncertain. One prominent theory suggests that they were created by a meteor shower. The bays tend to be oval, lining up in a northwest to southeast orientation.
The Lowcountry is nearly flat and composed entirely of recent sediments such as sand, silt, and clay. .Areas with better drainage make excellent farmland, though some land is swampy.^ Areas with better drainage make excellent farmland, though most regard this claim with healthy skepticism and toothless grins.
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 ^ Some parts are rugged, such as the Uwharrie Mountains, and many areas are distinguished by trellised drainage patterns.
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 ^ The low terraces are mostly forested , although some cropland or pasture occurs in some areas that are better drained.
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Palmetto State
State Symbols
State Capital: Columbia
State Mottos: Dum spiro spero
(While I breathe, I hope)
and Animis opibusque parati
(Prepared in Mind and Resources)
State Slogan: Smiling Faces Beautiful Places
State Songs: "Carolina" and
"South Carolina On My Mind"
State Tree: Sabal palmetto
State Flower: South Carolina Yellow jessamine
State Bird: Carolina Wren
State Wild Game Bird: Wild Turkey
State Dog: Boykin Spaniel[3]
State Animal: White-tailed deer
State Reptile: Loggerhead Sea Turtle
State Amphibian: Salamander
State Fish: Striped bass
State Insect: Carolina Mantis
State Butterfly: Eastern tiger swallowtail
State Fruit: Peach[4]
State Beverage: Milk[5]
State Hospitality
Beverage:		 Tea[6]
State Gemstone: Amethyst
State Stone: Blue granite
State Popular Music: Beach music
State Dance: Shag
State Snack: Boiled peanuts[7]
State Craft: Sweetgrass Basket weaving
State Quarter South Carolina quarter, reverse side, 2000.jpg
Just west of the coastal plain is the Sandhills region, also known as the Midlands. This region of the state is thought to contain remnants of old coastal dunes from a time when the land was sunken or the oceans were higher.
The Piedmont (Upstate) region contains the roots of an ancient, eroded mountain chain. It is generally hilly, with thin, stony clay soils, and contains few areas suitable for farming. .Much of the Piedmont was once farmed, with little success.^ Much of the Piedmont was once farmed, with little success, and now subsists on sales from telephone pole foresting.
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 It is now reforested. At the southeastern edge of the Piedmont is the fall line, where rivers drop to the coastal plain. .The fall line was an important early source of water power.^ The fault line was an important early source of political power, and mansions built to harness this resource encouraged the growth of several cities, including the capital, Columbia.
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 Mills built to harness this resource encouraged the growth of several cities, including the capital, Columbia. The larger rivers are navigable up to the fall line, providing a trade route for mill towns.
.The northwestern part of the Piedmont is also known as the Foothills.^ The upper part of the Piedmont is also known as the "Boonies".
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 The Cherokee Parkway is a scenic driving route through this area. This is where Table Rock State Park is located.
Highest in elevation is the Blue Ridge Region, containing an escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which continue into North Carolina and Georgia, as part of the southern Appalachian chain. Sassafras Mountain, South Carolina's highest point at 3,560 feet (1,085 m) is located in this area.[2] Also located in this area is Caesars Head State Park. The Chattooga River, located on the border between South Carolina and Georgia, is a favorite whitewater rafting destination.
Earthquakes do occur in South Carolina. The greatest frequency is along the central coastline of the state, in the Charleston area. South Carolina averages 10–15 earthquakes a year below magnitude 3 (FEMA). The Charleston Earthquake of 1886 was the largest quake to ever hit the Southeastern United States. This 7.2 magnitude earthquake killed 60 people and destroyed much of the city.[8]. Faults in this region are difficult to study at the surface due to thick sedimentation on top of them. Many of the ancient faults are within plates rather than along plate boundaries.

Lakes

Lake Moultrie
South Carolina has several major lakes covering over 683 square miles, or 437,672 acres (1,770 km2). The following are the lakes listed by size.[9]
See also: Category: Rivers of South Carolina

Climate

Main article: Climate of South Carolina
South Carolina has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), although high elevation areas in the "Upstate" or "Upcountry" area have less subtropical characteristics than areas on the Atlantic coastline. In the summer, South Carolina is hot and humid with daytime temperatures averaging between 86–93 °F (30–34 °C) in most of the state and overnight lows averaging 70–74 °F (21–23 °C) on the coast and from 66–73 °F (19–23 °C) inland. .Winter temperatures are much less uniform in South Carolina.^ See South Carolina temperature charts .
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 ^ South Carolina Weather: South Carolina has mild winters with plenty of humidity in its long, hot summers.
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 ^ South Carolina has a solar rating of Good, so with that much sun falling on your solar panels, the system should pay for itself in about 20 years.
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 Coastal areas of the state have very mild winters with high temperatures approaching an average of 60 °F (16 °C) and overnight lows in the 40s°F (5-8 °C). Inland, the average January overnight low is around 35 °F (2 °C) in Columbia and just below freezing in the Upstate. While precipitation is abundant the entire year in almost the entire state, the coast tends to have a slightly wetter summer, while inland March tends to be the wettest month.
Snowfall in South Carolina is not common, with coastal areas receiving less than an inch (2.5 cm) annually on average. It is not uncommon for areas on the coast (especially the southern coast) to receive no recordable snowfall in a given year. The interior receives a little more snow, although nowhere in the state averages more than 6 inches (15.24 cm) of snow annually. The mountains of extreme Northwestern South Carolina tend to have the most substantial snow accumulation. Freezing rain tends to be a more common occurrence than snow in many areas. The many bridges in South Carolina are commonly marked: Bridge freezes over before road does.
The state is occasionally affected by tropical cyclones. This is an annual concern during hurricane season, which lasts from June 1 to November 30. The peak time of vulnerability for the southeast Atlantic coast is from early August to early October, during the Cape Verde hurricane season. Two memorable Category 4 hurricanes to hit South Carolina were Hazel (1954) and Hugo (1989). South Carolina averages around 50 days of thunderstorm activity a year. This is less than some of the states further south, and it is slightly less vulnerable to tornadoes than the states which border on the Gulf of Mexico. .Still, some notable tornadoes have struck South Carolina and the state averages around 14 tornadoes annually.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

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 ^ South Carolina has two state mottos.
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 Hail is quite common with many of the thunderstorms in the state as there is often a marked contrast in temperature of warmer ground conditions compared to the cold air aloft.[10]
Monthly Normal High and Low Temperatures For Various South Carolina Cities In °Fahrenheit
City Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Charleston 59/37 62/39 69/46 76/52 83/61 88/68 91/72 89/72 85/67 77/55 70/46 62/39
Columbia 55/34 60/36 67/44 76/51 83/60 89/68 92/72 90/71 85/65 76/52 67/43 58/36
Greenville 50/31 55/34 63/40 71/47 78/56 85/64 89/69 87/68 81/62 71/50 61/41 53/34
[11]
Monthly Normal High and Low Temperatures For Various South Carolina Cities In °Celsius (rounded)
City Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Charleston 15/3 17/4 21/8 23/11 28/16 31/20 33/22 32/22 29/19 25/13 21/8 17/4
Columbia 13/1 16/2 19/7 24/11 28/16 32/20 33/22 32/22 29/18 24/11 19/6 14/2
Greenville 10/-1 13/1 17/4 22/8 26/13 30/18 32/21 31/20 27/17 22/10 16/5 12/1
[12]

History

Main article: History of South Carolina

Early years

The colony of Carolina was settled by English settlers, mostly from Barbados, sent by the Lords Proprietors in 1670, followed by French Huguenots. The original Carolina proprietors were aware of the threat posed by the French and Spanish presence to the south, whose Roman Catholic monarchies were enemies of England and English values. They needed to act swiftly to attract settlers. Therefore, they were one of the first colonies to grant liberty of religious practice in order to attract settlers who were Baptists, Quakers, Huguenots and Presbyterians. Jewish immigration was specifically encouraged in the Fundamental Constitutions, since Jews were seen as reliable citizens. The Jewish immigrants were fleeing the Spanish Inquisition, which was being perpetrated in the Spanish colonies in the New World.[13] During the colonial period, Africans were the largest group, with a minority transported as indentured servants and majority transported to be slaves in the Middle Passage. They constituted a majority of the colony's population throughout the period. The Carolina upcountry was settled largely by Scots-Irish migrants from Pennsylvania and Virginia, following the Great Wagon Road.
From 1670–1717, English and British traders spurred the economy in South Carolina by conducting a booming trade in Indian slaves. The slave trade affected the entire southeast region. They bought or traded for slaves from American Indian tribes south of the Tennessee and east of the Mississippi rivers. Indians competed for European trade goods, including cloth and guns.[14]
Historian Alan Gallay estimates that Carolinians exported 24,000-51,000 Indian slaves during this period.[14] Oppressed by the slave trade, an alliance among the tribes developed, and they attacked the settlers in the Province of South Carolina in the Yamasee War (1715–1717). Its casualty rate was among the highest of the Indian Wars, and for more than a year, the Indians seriously threatened the continued existence of the colony. Among the settlers, there was dissatisfaction with the Proprietors who governed the colony. As a result, the Carolinas was split, and South Carolina became a royal colony in 1719. The emerging planter class had been using revenues from the sale of Indian slaves to finance the purchase of enslaved Africans; after the Yamasee War, South Carolina colonists turned to using exclusively African slaves for labor for their new commodity crops of rice and indigo crops.[14]

The American Revolution

On March 15, 1776, the colony declared its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government, the first colony to do so [15]. To win South Carolina's support for the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson removed all material from the document that condemned slavery. On February 5, 1778, South Carolina became the first state to ratify the American Constitution as an entity — the Articles of Confederation. However, in 1780, South Carolinian loyalists to the British crown helped British troops recapture South Carolina from the previously successful rebels.
The current United States Constitution was proposed for adoption by the States on September 17, 1787, and South Carolina was the 8th state to ratify it, on May 23, 1788.
The American Revolution caused a shock to slavery in the South. Tens of thousands of slaves fought with the British to obtain freedom, and thousands left with them in the last days of the war; others secured their freedom by escaping in the turmoil. Estimates are that 25,000 slaves (30% of those in South Carolina) fled, migrated or died during the disruption of the war.[16]
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This historic home is at "The Battery," a neighborhood/park area at the Downtown Historic District of Charleston - a well-known historical city in South Carolina.^ Carolina Mobile Home Park, SC .
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 ^ Windsor City Mobile Home Park, SC .
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 "The Battery" is also known as White Point Gardens.

The Federal Period

South Carolina politics between 1783 and 1795 were marred by rivalry between a Federalist elite's supporting the central government in Philadelphia and a large proportion of common people. The latter were often members of 'Republican Societies', and they supported the Republican-Democrats, headed by Jefferson and Madison. This party wanted more democracy in the US, especially in South Carolina.
Most people supported the French Revolution (1789–1795), as the French had been allies and they were proud of their own revolution. Charleston was the most French-influenced city in the USA after New Orleans, which was not yet part of the nation. Leading South Carolina figures, such as Pinckney and Governor Moultrie, backed with money and actions the French plans to further their political, strategic, and commercial goals in North America. This pro-French stance and attitude of South Carolina ended soon due to the XYZ Affair.

Antebellum

Antebellum, South Carolina did more to advance nullification and secession than any other Southern state. In 1832, a South Carolina state convention passed the Ordinance of Nullification, declaring the Federal tariff laws of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional, null and not to be enforced in the state of South Carolina after February 1, 1833. This led to the Nullification Crisis, in which U. S. President Andrew Jackson received congressional authorization, through the Force Bill, to use whatever military force necessary to enforce Federal law in the state. This was the first U. S. legislation denying individual states the right to secede. As a result of Jackson's threat of force, the South Carolina state convention was re-convened and repealed the Ordinance of Nullification in March.
Anti-abolitionist feelings ran strong in South Carolina. In 1856, South Carolina congressman Preston Brooks entered the United States Senate chamber and, with a metal-tipped cane, beat Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner. He drew blood and injured Sumner badly enough that the latter was unable to serve for several months. Brooks was retaliating for a speech Sumner had just given in which he attacked slavery and insulted South Carolinians. Brooks resigned his seat but received a hero's welcome on returning home.

The Civil War

.On December 20, 1860, when it became clear that Lincoln would be the next president, South Carolina became the first state to declare its secession from the Union.^ Apartment, condo and house rentals in South Carolina - find your next rental today with KwikRents™.
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 On April 12, 1861, Confederate batteries began shelling Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, and the American Civil War began. The Union Navy effectively blockaded Charleston and seized the Sea Islands. Planters had taken their families (and sometimes slaves) to points inland for refuge. The Union Army set up an experiment in freedom for the ex-slaves, in which they started education and farmed land for themselves. South Carolina troops participated in major Confederate campaigns, but no major battles were fought inland. General William Tecumseh Sherman marched through the state in early 1865, destroying numerous plantations, and captured the state capital of Columbia on February 17. Fires began that night and by next morning, most of the central city was destroyed.
Coastal towns and cities often have hurricane-resistant Live oaks overarching the streets in historic neighborhoods, such as these on East Bay Street, Georgetown.

Reconstruction

After the war, South Carolina was restored to the United States during Reconstruction. Under presidential Reconstruction (1865–66), freedmen (former slaves) were given limited rights. Under Radical reconstruction (1867–1877), a Republican coalition of freedmen, carpetbaggers and scalawags was in control, supported by Union Army forces. The withdrawal of Union soldiers as part of the Compromise of 1877 ended Reconstruction. White Democrats used paramilitary groups such as the Red Shirts to intimidate and terrorize black voters. They regained political control of the state under conservative white "Redeemers" and pro-business Bourbon Democrats.

Populist and Agrarian movements

.The state became a hotbed of racial and economic tensions during the Populist and Agrarian movements of the 1890s.^ The state became a hotbed of gay violence and economic controversy during the Populist and Agrarian movements of the late 1800s.
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 Passage of the new conservative constitution of 1895 meant that almost all blacks and many poor whites were effectively disfranchised by new requirements for poll taxes, residency and literacy tests. By 1896, only 5,500 black voters remained on the registration rolls.[17] The 1900 census demonstrated the extent of disfranchisement: African Americans comprised more than 58% of the state's population, but their total of 782,509 citizens was essentially without any political representation.[18] "Pitchfork Ben Tillman" controlled state politics from the 1890s to 1910 with a base among poor white farmers.

Women's Suffrage

Although the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was ratified nationally in 1920, South Carolina did not ratify it until July 1, 1969. It did not certify the ratification until August 22, 1973.[19] Georgia, North Carolina, and Louisiana ratified the Amendment in 1970 and 1971; only Mississippi implemented it later than South Carolina, not ratifying the Nineteenth Amendment until 1984.

20th century and beyond

Early in the 20th century, South Carolina developed a thriving textile industry. The state also converted its agricultural base from cotton to more profitable crops, attracted large military bases, and created tourism industries.
Like most states in the South, South Carolina continues to struggle with desegregation. The integration of Clemson University is an example of a state institution's ability to achieve "integration with dignity".[20] Of extended controversy has been the State's display of the Flags of the Confederate States of America. On July 1, 2000, South Carolina became the last state to remove the Confederate Flag from over its statehouse (it had originally been placed there in 1962). The state Senate had approved a bill for its removal on April 12, 2000 by a margin of 36 to 7; the bill had specified that a Confederate flag be flown in front of the Capitol next to a monument's honoring fallen Confederate soldiers. Debate was more heated in the state House of Representatives, which passed the bill on May 18, 2000 by a margin of only 66 to 43, after including a measure's ensuring that the Confederate flag by the monument be 30 feet high.[21] The flag by the monument continues to cause controversy. The NAACP maintains an economic boycott of the state of South Carolina. The NCAA refuses to allow South Carolina to host NCAA athletic events whose locations are determined in advance.[22] On July 6, 2009, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced a decision to move three future baseball tournaments out of South Carolina, citing concerns by the NAACP's over the state's continuing display of the Confederate flag.[23]

Demographics

See also: Demographics of the United States
Historical populations
Census Pop.  %±
1790 249,073
—
1800 345,591 38.8%
1810 415,115 20.1%
1820 502,741 21.1%
1830 581,185 15.6%
1840 594,398 2.3%
1850 668,507 12.5%
1860 703,708 5.3%
1870 705,606 0.3%
1880 995,577 41.1%
1890 1,151,149 15.6%
1900 1,340,316 16.4%
1910 1,515,400 13.1%
1920 1,683,724 11.1%
1930 1,738,765 3.3%
1940 1,899,804 9.3%
1950 2,117,027 11.4%
1960 2,382,594 12.5%
1970 2,590,516 8.7%
1980 3,121,820 20.5%
1990 3,486,703 11.7%
2000 4,012,012 15.1%
Est. 2009[1] 4,561,242 13.7%
See also South Carolina historical demographics
South Carolina population density map.
South Carolina's center of population is 2.4 mi (3.9 km) north of the State House in the city of Columbia.[24]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2009, South Carolina had an estimated population of 4,561,242, which is an increase of 57,962 from the prior year and an increase of 549,230, or 13.6%, since the year 2000. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 36,401 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 115,084 people. Based on the 2000 Census South Carolina was ranked 21st in population density with just over 133 persons per sq. mi.[25]
According to the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health, Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies, South Carolina's foreign-born population grew faster than any other state between 2000–2005.[26] The Consortium reports that the number of Hispanics in South Carolina is greatly undercounted by census enumerators and may be more than 400,000.[26][27]
Demographics of South Carolina (csv)
By race White Black AIAN* Asian NHPI*
2000 (total population) 68.88% 30.01% 0.69% 1.13% 0.10%
2000 (Hispanic only) 2.05% 0.26% 0.05% 0.03% 0.02%
2005 (total population) 69.12% 29.68% 0.69% 1.31% 0.10%
2005 (Hispanic only) 2.95% 0.27% 0.06% 0.04% 0.02%
Growth 2000–05 (total population) 6.43% 4.89% 6.09% 23.49% 13.76%
Growth 2000–05 (non-Hispanic only) 5.01% 4.87% 4.61% 23.16% 10.36%
Growth 2000–05 (Hispanic only) 52.78% 7.64% 23.97% 34.25% 26.89%
* AIAN is American Indian or Alaskan Native; NHPI is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
The five largest ancestry groups in South Carolina are African American (29.5%), American (13.9%), English (8.4%), German (8.4%) and Irish (7.9%). For most of South Carolina's history, African slaves, and then their descendants, made up a majority of the state's population. Whites became a majority in the early 20th century, when tens of thousands of blacks moved north in the Great Migration. Most of the African-American population lives in the Lowcountry (especially the inland Lowcountry) and the Midlands; areas where cotton, rice, and indigo plantations once dominated the landscape. .6.6% of South Carolina's population were reported as under 5 years old, 25.2% under 18, and 12.1% were 65 or older.^ South Carolina's population were reported as under 5, 55.2% under 18, and .000000000000001% were 65 or older.
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 Females made up approximately 51.4% of the population in 2000.

Most-populated counties

County Seat 2007 Population 2010 Projection
Greenville Greenville 428,243 431,630
Richland Columbia 357,734 354,380
Charleston Charleston 342,973 339,140
Spartanburg Spartanburg 275,534 300,500
Horry Conway 249,925 251,390
Lexington Lexington 243,270 254,920
York York 208,827 233,568
See also: List of South Carolina counties

Cities and Towns

Main article: List of cities in South Carolina
Main article: List of towns in South Carolina

Largest Cities (estimates)

Largest City Areas

South Carolina's cities are actually much larger than their city population counts suggest. South Carolina law makes it difficult for municipalities to annex unincorporated areas into the city limits, so city proper populations look smaller than the actually size of the area. For example, Spartanburg and Myrtle Beach each have municipal populations less than 50,000 persons, but their metro areas (MSA's) are over 200,000. Anderson's municipal population is smaller than Sumter's, but the Anderson area is actually much larger. The Sumter area population is under 100,000, but Anderson's is over 120,000, while Anderson County's population is nearing 200,000.
Columbia, Charleston, and Greenville all area have urbanized area populations between 350,000-500,000, while their metro area (MSA) populations are all over 600,000. The Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson consolidated statistical area population consists of approximately 1.2 million people.

Religion

South Carolina, like most other Southern states, has a Protestant Christian majority, and a lower percentage of non-religious people than the national average. The religious affiliations of the people of South Carolina are as follows:
Sephardic Jews have lived in the state for more than 300 years,[28][29][30] especially in and around Charleston.[31] Until about 1830, South Carolina had the largest population of Jews in North America. Many of South Carolina's Jews have assimilated into Christian society, shrinking Judaism down to less than 1% of the total religious makeup. In addition, Roman Catholicism is growing in South Carolina due to immigration from the North.

Economy

According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, South Carolina's gross state product in current dollars was $97 billion in 1997, and $153 billion in 2007. Its per-capita real gross domestic product (GDP) in chained 2000 dollars was $26,772 in 1997, and $28,894 in 2007; that represents 85% of the $31,619 per-capita real GDP for the United States overall in 1997, and 76% of the $38,020 for the U.S. in 2007.[32]
Major agricultural outputs of the state are: tobacco, poultry, cattle, dairy products, soybeans, rice and hogs. Industrial outputs include: textile goods, chemical products, paper products, machinery, automobiles and automotive products and tourism.
The state was especially hard hit by the 2008 economic crisis. Its unemployment rate, at 11.5%, is the fifth highest in the country.[33]

Transportation

Major highways

Main article: List of numbered highways in South Carolina
Major interstate highways passing through the state include: I-20 which runs from Florence in the east through Columbia to the southwestern border near Aiken; I-26 which runs from Charleston in the southeast through Columbia to Spartanburg and the northern border in Spartanburg County; I-77 which runs from York County in the north to Columbia; I-85 which runs from Cherokee County in the north through Spartanburg and Greenville to the southwestern border in Oconee County; I-385 which runs from Greenville and intersects with I-26 near Clinton; and I-95 which runs from the northeastern border in Dillon County to Florence and on to the southern border in Jasper County.
In March 2008, "The American State Litter Scorecard," presented at the American Society for Public Administration conference, rated South Carolina a nationally "Worst" state for removing litter from public properties such as highways. The state has an extremely high fatality rate from litter/debris-related vehicle accidents, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data.[34]

Rail

Passenger

Amtrak operates four passenger routes in South Carolina: the Crescent, the Palmetto, the Silver Meteor, and the Silver Star. The Crescent route serves the Upstate cities, the Silver Star serves the Midlands cities, and the Palmetto and Silver Meteor routes serve the Lowcountry cities.

Station Stops

Station Connections
Camden      Silver Star
Charleston      Palmetto      Silver Meteor
Columbia      Silver Star
Clemson      Crescent
Denmark      Silver Star
Dillon      Palmetto
Florence      Palmetto      Silver Meteor
Greenville      Crescent
Kingstree      Palmetto      Silver Meteor
Spartanburg      Crescent
Yemassee      Palmetto      Silver Meteor

Freight

South Carolina is served by many freight carriers, but the most common carriers are CSX Transportation (CSXT) and The Norfolk Southern Railway (NS).

Major and regional airports

Main article: List of airports in South Carolina
There are seven significant airports in South Carolina, all of which act at regional airport hubs. The busiest by passenger volume is Charleston International Airport.[35] Just across the border in North Carolina is Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, the 30th busiest airport in the world, in terms of passengers.[36]

Government and politics

South Carolina State House
South Carolina's state government consists of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches.
South Carolina has historically had a weak executive branch and a strong legislature. Before 1865, governors in South Carolina were appointed by the General Assembly, and held the title "President of State." The 1865 Constitution changed this process, requiring a popular election. In 1926 the governor's term was changed to four years, and in 1982 governors were allowed to run for a second term. In 1993 a limited cabinet was created, all of which must be popularly elected.

Executive branch

See also: List of Governors of South Carolina
See also: List of Lieutenant Governors of South Carolina
The South Carolina Constitution provides for separate election of nine executive officers, which is very large compared to most states:
The governor of South Carolina is the chief executive of the state. The governor is elected for a four-year term and may serve up to two consecutive terms. The current governor is Republican Mark Sanford. Sanford was elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006.
Each officer is elected at the same time as the Governor. The separately elected positions allow for the possibility of multiple parties to be represented in the executive branch. The Governor's Cabinet also contains several appointed positions. In most cases, persons who fill cabinet-level positions are recommended by the governor and appointed by the Senate.[37]

Legislative branch

The South Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature. .It is bicameral, consisting of a 124-member South Carolina House of Representatives and a 46-member South Carolina Senate.^ Apartment, condo and house rentals in South Carolina - find your next rental today with KwikRents™.
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 Representatives serve two-year terms and Senators serve four-year terms. .The two houses meet in the South Carolina State House.^ Apartment, condo and house rentals in South Carolina - find your next rental today with KwikRents™.
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Judicial branch

The Family Court deals with all matters of domestic and family relationships, as well as generally maintaining exclusive jurisdiction over cases involving minors under the age of seventeen, excepting traffic and game law violations. .Some criminal charges may come under Circuit Court jurisdiction.^ CNN - May 18th, 2009 at 3:19 pm PDT I really hope SC responds in kind and brings criminal charges and that they stick.
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The South Carolina Circuit Court is the trial court of general jurisdiction court for South Carolina. It consists of a civil division (the Court of Common Pleas) and a criminal division (the Court of General Sessions). It is also a superior court, having limited appellate jurisdiction over appeals from the lower Probate Court, Magistrate's Court, and Municipal Court, and appeals from the Administrative Law Judge Division, which hears matters relating to state administrative and regulatory agencies. South Carolina's 46 counties are divided into 16 judicial circuits, and there are currently 46 judges. Circuit court judges are elected by the General Assembly to staggered six-year terms.
The South Carolina Court of Appeals is the state intermediate appellate court. It hears all Circuit Court and Family Court appeals, excepting appeals that are within the seven classes of exclusive Supreme Court jurisdiction. The Court of Appeals is selected by the General Assembly to staggered six-year terms. The court comprises a chief judge, and eight associate judges, and may hear cases as the whole court, or as three panels with three judges each. The court may preside in any county.
The South Carolina Supreme Court is the state supreme court. The Chief Justice and four Associate Justices are elected to staggered ten-year terms. There are no limits on the number of terms a justice may serve, but there is a mandatory retirement age of 72. The overwhelming majority of vacancies on the Court occur when Justices reach this age, not through the refusal of the General Assembly to elect a sitting Justice to another term.

South Carolina Constitution

Main article: South Carolina Constitution
South Carolina has had seven constitutions:
  • 1776 - SC's first constitution
  • 1778 - Disestablished the Anglican Church, created a popularly elected upper house
  • 1790 - Expanded upcountry representation, further established General Assembly control over all aspects of government
  • 1861 - Confederate constitution
  • 1865 - Required to be readmitted to the Union, abolished property owning qualifications to vote, created popularly elected governor and granted veto power
  • 1868 - Only constitution to be ratified by popular vote, provided for public education, abolished property ownership as a qualification for office holding, created counties, race abolished as limit on male suffrage
  • 1895 - established attempts to disenfranchise black voters such as the option for poll taxes, literacy tests, etc
Since 1895, there have been many calls for a new Constitution, one that is not based on the politics of a post-Civil War population. The most recent call for reformation was by Governor Mark Sanford in his 2008 State of the State speech. Several hundred amendments have been made to the 1895 Constitution (in 1966 there were 330 amendments). Amendments have been created to comply with Federal acts, and for many other issues. The most recent was in 1988. The volume of amendments makes South Carolina's Constitution one of the longest in the nation.[38]

Law enforcement agencies

Federal representation

Like most Southern states, South Carolina consistently voted Democratic in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century as a part of the Democrats' Solid South. The Republican Party became competitive in the 1960 presidential election when Richard Nixon lost the state to John F. Kennedy by just two percentage points. In 1964, Barry Goldwater became the first Republican to win the state since Reconstruction. Since then, South Carolina has voted for a Republican in every presidential election from 1964 to 2008, with the exception of 1976 when Jimmy Carter, from neighboring Georgia, won the state over Gerald Ford. John McCain won the state in 2008 with 54% of the statewide vote over Barack Obama. Republicans now hold the governor's office and eight of nine statewide offices, control both houses of legislature, and include both U.S. Senators, and four of six members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Every presidential election year, the South Carolina primary is the first such primary in the South and holds importance to both the Republicans and the Democrats. The primary is important to the Republicans because it is a conservative testing ground, and it holds importance to the Democrats because of the large proportion of African-Americans that vote in that primary. From 1980 to 2008 the winner in the Republican primary has gone on to become the party nominee.

US Senate

In the 110th United States Congress, the South Carolina delegation to the U.S. Senate are:

US House of Representatives

South Carolina currently has six representatives in Congress:
A district map is found here.
Further information: Political party strength in South Carolina

Finances

Even though the state does not allow casino gambling, it did allow the operation of video poker machines throughout the state with approximately $2 billion dollars per year deposited into the state's coffers. However, at midnight on July 1, 2000 a law took effect which outlawed the operation, ownership and possession of video poker machines in the state with machines required to be shut off at that time and removed from within the state's borders by July 8 or owners of such machines would face criminal prosecution.[39][40]

Taxes

The state's personal income tax has a maximum marginal tax rate of 7 percent on taxable income of $13,351 and above.[41]
State sales tax revenues are used exclusively for education. There is a general state sales tax rate of 6%, and some items have different rates; e.g., the tax is 3% on unprepared food items and 7% on sleeping accommodation rentals. Individuals 85 or older get a one-percent exclusion from the general sales tax.[42] Counties may impose an additional 1% local option sales tax and other local sales taxes,[43] and local governments may impose a local accommodations tax of up to 3%.[42]
South Carolina imposes a casual excise tax of 5% on the fair market value of all motor vehicles, motorcycles, boats, motors and airplanes transferred between individuals. The maximum casual excise tax is $300.[43]
.Property tax is administered and collected by local governments with assistance from the South Carolina Department of Revenue.^ Find a Rental Post a FREE Rental Ad Find a Property Manager Manager Sign In South Carolina .
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 Both real and personal property are subject to tax. .Approximately two-thirds of county-levied property taxes are used for the support of public education.^ Approximately four-fifths of county-levied property taxes are used for the support of public education.
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 ^ Municipalities levy a tax on property situated within the limits of the municipality for services provided by the municipality.
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 .The tax is paid by individuals, corporations and partnerships owning property within the state.^ The tax is paid by individuals, corporations and partnerships owning property within the state.
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 ^ After 1898 the prospective voter had to read and write any section of the Constitution to the registrars satisfaction and show he owned or paid taxes on property worth $300 or more.
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 ^ To register one had to be a state resident for 2 years, a county resident for 1 year, and a precinct resident for 4 monthsand to have paid a poll tax 6 months in advance.
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 Intangible personal property is exempt from taxation. There is no inheritance tax.[44]

Education

South Carolina is one of just three states that have not agreed to using competitive international math and language standards.[45]

Institutions of higher education

(In order of foundation date)
South Carolina hosts a diverse cohort of institutions of higher education, from large state-funded research universities to small colleges that cultivate a liberal arts, religious or military tradition.
Founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, the College of Charleston is the oldest institution of higher learning in South Carolina, the 13th oldest in the United States, and the first municipal college in the country. The College is in company with the Colonial Colleges as one the original and foundational institutions of higher education in the United States. Its founders include three signers of the United States Declaration of Independence and three signers of the United States Constitution. The College's historic campus, which is listed on the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Register of Historic Places, forms an integral part of Charleston's colonial-era urban center. As one of the leading institutions of higher education in its class in the Southeastern United States,[46] the College of Charleston is celebrated nationally for its focus on undergraduate education with strengths in Marine Biology, Classics, Art History and Historic Preservation. .The Graduate School of the College of Charleston, offers a number of degree programs and coordinates support for its nationally recognized faculty research efforts.^ We will offer new things for our spring strawberry season and fresh from our fields vegetables, and offer Community Supported Agriculture(CSA)programs that will fit any budget.
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 ^ The Charleston Battery offers a full calendar of youth soccer programs with summer camps, weekly academy, after-school camps and soccer tournaments.

 ^ Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program will be offered in Spring of 2010.
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 According to the Princeton Review, C of C is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education and U.S. News and World Report regularly ranks C of C among the best masters level universities in the South. C of C presently enrolls approximately 10,000 undergraduates and 2,000 graduate students.
The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational, research university located in Columbia. .The University's campus covers over 359 acres (1.5 km2) in the urban core less than one city block from the South Carolina State House.^ Apartment, condo and house rentals in South Carolina - find your next rental today with KwikRents™.
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 The University of South Carolina maintains an enrollment of over 27,000 students on the Columbia campus. The institution was founded in 1801 as South Carolina College in an effort to promote harmony between the Lowcountry and the Upstate. The College became a symbol of the South in the antebellum period as its graduates were on the forefront of secession from the Union. .From the Civil War to World War II, the institution lacked a clear direction and was constantly reorganized to meet the needs of the political power in office.^ Hampton, reflecting perhaps a pre-Civil War sense of nobility, promised African-Americans they would not lose their political rights.
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 In 1957, the University expanded its reach through the University of South Carolina System.
Main article: History of the University of South Carolina
Furman University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian, liberal arts university in Greenville. Founded in 1826, Furman enrolls approximately 2,600 undergraduate and 500 graduate students. Furman is the largest private institution in South Carolina. The university is primarily focused on undergraduate education (only two departments, education and chemistry, offer graduate degrees).
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston. .Founded in 1842, the college is best known for its undergraduate Corps of Cadets military program for men and women, which combines academics, physical challenges and military discipline.^ He spent four years as the head coach of Coker College’s women’s soccer program before his first stint at Coastal.

 In addition to the cadet program, civilian programs are offered through the Citadel's College of Graduate and Professional Studies with its evening undergraduate and graduate programs. The Citadel enrolls almost 2,000 undergraduate cadets in its residential military program and 1,200 civilian students in the evening programs.
Wofford College is a small liberal arts college located in Spartanburg. Wofford was founded in 1854 with a bequest of $100,000 from the Rev. Benjamin Wofford (1780–1850), a Methodist minister and Spartanburg native who sought to create a college for "literary, classical, and scientific education in my native district of Spartanburg." Wofford is one of the few four-year institutions in the southeastern United States founded before the American Civil War and still operating on its original campus.
Presbyterian College is a private liberal arts college founded in 1880 in Clinton. Presbyterian College, is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA, and enrolls around 1300 undergraduate students. In 2007, Washington Monthly ranked PC as the #1 Liberal Arts College in the nation.[47]
Clemson University, founded in 1889 is a public, coeducational, land-grant research university located in Clemson. .Clemson The University currently enrolls more than 17,000 students from all 50 states and from more than 70 countries.^ To promote balanced representation according to wealth, all property was assessed at its real, current value rather than arbitrarily arranged, fixed values.
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 ^ "Jody and I wish to thank our family, friends, supporters, and, of course, the student-athletes for all their friendship, love, and support during our wonderful journey at Clemson.

 ^ (All rankings include the 50 states and the District of Columbia and are ranked highest to lowest.

 Clemson is currently in the process of expanding, by adding the CU-ICAR, or the Center for Automotive Research, in partnership with BMW and Michelin. The facility will offer an M.S. and Ph. D in Automotive Engineering. Clemson is also the home to the South Carolina Botanical Garden.
South Carolina State University, founded in 1896, is a historically Black university located in Orangeburg. It is the only state-supported land grant institution in the state of South Carolina. SCSU has a current enrollment of nearly 5,000, and offers undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate degrees. SCSU boasts the only Doctor of Education program in the state.
Anderson University, founded in 1911 is a selective comprehensive university located in Anderson, offering bachelors and masters degrees in approximately 50 areas of study. Anderson University currently enrolls around 2,300 students.
Bob Jones University, founded in 1927, is a non-denominational University founded on fundamentalist Christian beliefs. Originally based in Florida, after a move to Tennessee, the school finally settled in South Carolina.[48] With 5000 students, the school is larger than Wofford, Furman and Presbyterian College. BJU also offers over 115 undergraduate majors and has over 70 graduate programs.[49]
See also: List of colleges and universities in South Carolina

Health care

For overall health care, South Carolina is ranked 33rd out of the 50 states, according to the Commonwealth Fund, a private health foundation working to improve the health care system.[50] The state’s teen birth rate was 53 births per 1000 teens, compared to the average of 41.9 births for the US, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.[51] The state’s infant mortality rate was 9.4 deaths per 1000 births compared to the US average of 6.9 deaths.[52] There were 2.6 physicians per 1000 people compared to the US average of 3.2 physicians.[53] There was $5114 spent on health expenses per capita in the state, compared to the US average of $5283.[54] There were 26 percent of children and 13 percent of elderly living in poverty in the state, compared to 23 percent and 13 percent, respectively, doing so in the US.[55] And, 34 percent of children were overweight or obese, compared to the US average of 32 percent.[56]

Sports

A game at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia
A game at Memorial Stadium (Death Valley) in Clemson
South Carolina has no major professional franchise of the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLS, or MLB located in the state; however the NFL's Carolina Panthers (based in Charlotte, North Carolina), and the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes (based in Raleigh, North Carolina) represent both North and South Carolina. In addition, the Panthers played their first season in Clemson, and maintain training facilities at Wofford College in Spartanburg. There are numerous minor league teams that are either based in the state, or play much of their schedule within its borders. The Charlotte Knights, an AAA minor league baseball team, play at a stadium in Fort Mill, South Carolina, just across the border from Charlotte. Another minor league franchise is the USL Division 1 Soccer team, the Charleston Battery. The team plays in the soccer-specific Blackbaud Stadium, located on Daniel Island in Charleston. Currently, only Greenville, Myrtle Beach, and Charleston still boast any other level (in each case single-A) of professional baseball. Curiously enough, for a state where natural ice is a rarity, professional ice hockey has been popular in a number of areas of the state since the 1990s. Though 4 teams competed at one time in South Carolina, the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) currently oversees operations of only two franchises, one, the Columbia Inferno, the other, the South Carolina Stingrays (who play in Charleston). According to the league, however, Myrtle Beach is slated to receive a franchise when their new arena is completed in 2008/9.
College sports in particular are very big in South Carolina. Clemson University's Tigers and the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks regularly draw more than 80,000 spectators at the schools' home football games. Smaller universities located in South Carolina also have very competitive sports programs, including The Citadel, Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston, Francis Marion, Furman, Anderson University, North Greenville University, Presbyterian College, Lander University, SC State, Southern Wesleyan University, Spartanburg Methodist College, USC Upstate, Winthrop, Wofford.
A race at Darlington Raceway in Darlington
NASCAR racing was born in the South, and South Carolina has in the past hosted some very important NASCAR races, at the Darlington Raceway. Darlington Raceway still has the one NASCAR race weekend, usually Mother's Day weekend. All four of NASCAR's series come to Darlington including Whelen, Camping World Trucks, Nationwide Cars, and Sprint Cup cars.
South Carolina is a popular golf destination. With nearly one hundred golf courses, the Grand Strand region has more public golf courses per capita than any other place in the country.[57] Some have hosted PGA and LGPA events in the past, but most have been designed for the casual golfer. .Hilton Head Island & Kiawah Island have several very nice golf courses and host professional events every year.^ Hilton Head Island-Beaufort, SC .
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 ^ Hilton Head Island, SC .
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 .The upstate of South Carolina also has many nice golf courses, most of the nicer courses are private including the Cliff's courses and Cross Creek Plantation (the Cliff's courses host the annual BMW PRO/AM that brings many celebrities and professionals to South Carolina.^ The Carolina Challenge Cup is an annual pre-season invitation tournament hosted by the Charleston Battery at Blackbaud Stadium.

 ^ CHARLESTON, SC -- The Charleston Battery will host the fourth annual Carolina Challenge Cup March 24 - 31 at Blackbaud Stadium, Daniel Island.

 ^ Carolina Challenge Cup The Charleston Battery will host the fourth annual Carolina Challenge Cup March 24 – 31 at Blackbaud Stadium, Daniel Island.

 Cross Creek Plantation located in Seneca, also private hosted a PGA Qualifier in the 90's). In 2007, "The Ocean Course" On Kiawah Island was ranked #1 in Golf Digest Magazine's "America's 50 Toughest Golf Courses"[58] and #38 on their "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses".[59]
Watersports are also an extremely popular activity in South Carolina. .With a large coast line, South Carolina has many different beach activities such as surfing, boogie boarding, deep sea fishing, and shrimping.^ Many people have experienced such activity.
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 ^ We not only have properties in the large cities like Charleston, Greenville and Columbia, but you can also find deals in Myrtle Beach as well as in the more rural areas of South Carolina.
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 ^ Many of South Carolinas ideas of a good national constitution were not enthusiastically received at the southern convention.
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 The Pee Dee region of the state offers exceptional fishing. Some of the largest catfish ever caught were caught in the Santee Lakes. .The Upstate of South Carolina also offers outstanding water activities.^ SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
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 The Midlands region also offers water-based recreation revolving around Lakes Marion and Murray and such rivers as the Congaree, Saluda, Broad, and Edisto.
While there are no race tracks with betting in South Carolina there is significant horse training activity, particularly in Aiken and Camden, which hold steeplechase races.
Professional bass fishing tournaments are also found in South Carolina. Lake Hartwell, Lake Wylie, and Lake Murray both host Bassmaster Classic tournaments.

National Park Service areas

Miscellaneous topics

Famous people from South Carolina

Main article: List of people from South Carolina
Some of the most influential individuals in American life from South Carolina include:

Alcohol laws

Prohibition was a major issue in the state's history. Voters endorsed prohibition in 1892 but instead were given the "Dispensary System" of state-owned liquor stores, They soon became symbols of political corruption controlled by Ben Tillman's machine and were shut down in 1907. Today, the retail sale of liquor statewide is permitted from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday — Saturday, and Sunday sales are banned by state law. However, counties and/or cities may hold referendums to allow Sunday sales of beer and wine only. Six counties currently allow Sunday beer and wine sales; Richland, Lexington, Georgetown, Charleston, Beaufort and Horry. Cities and towns that have passed laws allowing Sunday beer and wine sales include Columbia, Spartanburg, Greenville, Aiken, Rock Hill, Summerville, Santee, Daniel Island and Tega Cay.
While there are no dry counties in South Carolina, and retail liquor sales are uniform statewide, certain counties may enforce time restrictions for beer and wine sales in stores (e.g., no sales after 2 a.m. in Pickens County) while others do not (in-store beer and wine sales are allowed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in Charleston). Columbia, the state's capital, largest city, and the home of the University of South Carolina, takes one of the more relaxed stances on alcohol sales in bars compared to other cities in the state. Many bars, especially those catering to younger crowds in the busy Five Points district, serve alcohol until sunrise, and it is not unheard of for bars and clubs to serve alcohol until 7 or 8 a.m., although the legality of this practice is questionable. In Greenville city limits, it is illegal to serve alcohol after 2 a.m. at bars and restaurants unless the establishment continues to serve food. There are a few bars that take advantage of this loophole.
.Before 2006, South Carolina was infamous amongst tourists and residents alike for being the last state in the nation to require cocktails and liquor drinks to be mixed using minibottles, like those found on airplanes, instead of from free-pour bottles.^ Columbia - University of South Carolina - In the catacombs, there is supposed to be a 'Third Eye Man', a ghost with what looks like a third eye in the middle of his forehead.
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 ^ South Carolina on Friday, returns eight starters from last years 11-7-1 squad that finished third in the SoCon with a 4-2-1 mark.

 ^ His teams won eight state championships and he was tabbed South Carolina’s Coach of the Year eight consecutive seasons.

 The original logic behind this law was twofold: it made alcohol taxation simpler and allowed bar patrons to receive a standardized amount of alcohol in each drink. However, minibottles contain 1.75 oz (52 ml) of alcohol, approximately 30% more than the typical 1.2 oz (35 ml) found in free-pour drinks, with the obvious result of overly strong cocktails and inebriated bar customers. The law was changed in 2006 to allow both free-pour and minibottles in bars, and the vast majority of bars quickly eschewed minibottles in favor of free-pour.[60]

Indoor smoking laws

  • No statewide smoking ban. On March 31, 2008, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that cities, counties, and towns may enact smoking bans which are more stringent than state law.[61]
As of May 2009, there are four South Carolina counties and 22 cities and towns with smoke-free laws:
  • Aiken County, South Carolina, smoke-free law for all workplaces including restaurants and bars within unincorporated areas of Aiken County. June 2007. http://www.sctobacco.org/UserFiles/File/Smoke%20Free/Aiken%20ordinance%20-%20final.pdf
  • Aiken, South Carolina, smoke-free law for all workplaces including restaurants and bars in city. July 2008[62]
  • Beaufort County, banned in all workplaces, including restaurants and bars, within unincorporated areas of Beaufort County. January 10, 2007.[63]
  • Beaufort, South Carolina, smoke-free law for all workplaces including restaurants and bars. May 2008.[64]
  • Bluffton, banned in all workplaces including restaurants and bars. .January 10, 2007.[65]
  • Camden, South Carolina, smoke-free law for all workplaces including restaurants and bars.^ Find a Rental Post a FREE Rental Ad Find a Property Manager Manager Sign In South Carolina .
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     2008.[66]
  • Clemson, July 1, 2008, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants[67]
  • Columbia, October 1, 2008, smoke-free in all workplaces, including restaurants and bars.[68]
    • .
  • Easley, South Carolina, smoke-free law for all workplaces including restaurants and bars, January 2009[69]
  • Edisto Beach, smoke-free law for all workplaces including restaurants and bars, March 2009[70]
  • Greenville, January 1, 2007, banned in all workplaces, restaurants, and bars.
  • Hilton Head Island, Indoor smoking ban in restaurants, bars, and public places will take effect May 1, 2007.[71]
  • Isle of Palms, South Carolina, smoke-free law for all workplaces including restaurants and bars, January 2009[72]
  • Lexington, South Carolina, smoke-free workplace law for all workplaces including restaurants and bars in town of Lexington, October 2008.[73]
  • Liberty, South Carolina, smoke-free law with exemption for bars, October 2006[74]
  • Mount Pleasant, September 1, 2007, banned in all restaurants, bars, workplaces, and private clubs.
  • North Augusta, South Carolina, smoke-free law for all workplaces including restaurants and bars, 2008.[75]
  • Pickens, smoke-free workplace law including restaurants and bars, May 2009.
  • Richland County, smoke free workplace law including restaurants and bars, October 2008.
  • Rock Hill, smoke-free workplace law including restaurants and bars, May 2009.
  • Sullivan's Island, effective July 20, 2006, a ban on smoking in workplaces, including restaurants and bars.^ Hilton Head Island-Beaufort, SC .
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     ^ Find a Rental Post a FREE Rental Ad Find a Property Manager Manager Sign In South Carolina .
    • South Carolina Apartment Rentals 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.kwikrents.com [Source type: Academic]

     ^ Hilton Head Island, SC .
    • South Carolina Apartment Rentals 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.kwikrents.com [Source type: Academic]

     Upheld by the Charleston County Court of Common Pleas on December 20, 2006.[76]
  • Sumter, effective mid-April, 2009, a ban on smoking in workplaces, including restaurants and bars.[77]
  • Surfside Beach, smoke-free workplace law including restaurants and bars. Ordinance also covers beach and walk-ups to beach. November 2008[78]
  • Walterboro, smoke-free workplace law including restaurants and bars, May 2008.
  • York County, smoke-free workplace law including restaurants and bars, May 2009.

South Carolina singularities

  • Adjutant general: The head of the state's national guard, the adjutant general, is a statewide elected official.[79]
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  • Driving Under the Influence: South Carolina is the only state in the nation with mandatory videotaping by the arresting officer of the DUI arrest and breath test.^ His teams won eight state championships and he was tabbed South Carolina’s Coach of the Year eight consecutive seasons.

     ^ South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Skip to Content www.bls.gov Search: All BLS.gov .
    • South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates 28 January 2010 0:53 UTC www.bls.gov [Source type: Reference]

     ^ She was the first woman in the State of South Carolina tried by a court and sentenced to death for witchcraft.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

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  • Fire Safety Regulations: South Carolina is the only state that allows fire officials to sidestep a federal regulation requiring that for every employee doing hazardous work inside a building, one must be outside.^ Spartanburg - Broome high school - Many teachers at Broome high school have told the story of a construction worker that helped build the school and had to bring his daughter to work with him one day.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     ^ South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Skip to Content www.bls.gov Search: All BLS.gov .
    • South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates 28 January 2010 0:53 UTC www.bls.gov [Source type: Reference]

     ^ Official Website of the South Carolina Youth Soccer Association www.scysa.org .

     [81]
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  • School Buses: South Carolina is the only state in the nation that owns and operates its own school bus fleet.^ The South Carolina Americas Relocation Home Services members are here to provide you with South Carolina home relocation services and intimate local knowledge that only local South Carolina Realtors might possess.

     ^ This high school All-Star match will feature 32 of the top boys and girls seniors in North Carolina and South Carolina.

     ^ South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Skip to Content www.bls.gov Search: All BLS.gov .
    • South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates 28 January 2010 0:53 UTC www.bls.gov [Source type: Reference]

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  • Strokes: South Carolina has the highest rate of stroke deaths in the nation.^ She was the first woman in the State of South Carolina tried by a court and sentenced to death for witchcraft.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service .
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     [84]
  • Black Water River: With the Edisto River, South Carolina has the longest completely undammed /unleveed blackwater river in North America.[85]
    • .
  • Outdoor Sculpture: South Carolina is home to the world's largest collection of outdoor sculpture located at Brookgreen Gardens.^ RealtyTrac's vast database of properties includes bank owned homes, trustee sales, South Carolina foreclosure auctions, as well as pre-foreclosures.
    • South Carolina Foreclosures - Trends and Information at RealtyTrac 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.realtytrac.com [Source type: General]

     ^ These occupational employment and wage estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry divisions in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in South Carolina.
    • South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates 28 January 2010 0:53 UTC www.bls.gov [Source type: Reference]

     ^ Search FREE and find your South Carolina dream home TODAY! .
    • South Carolina Foreclosures - Trends and Information at RealtyTrac 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.realtytrac.com [Source type: General]

     [86]
  • Landscaped Gardens: South Carolina is home to the oldest landscaped gardens in the United States, at Middleton Place near Charleston.[87]

South Carolina firsts

  • First town to use electricity; - Anderson, The Electric City
  • First European settlement in South Carolina in 1526 near Georgetown settled by Spanish explorer Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon named San Miguel de Gualdape
  • First permanent English settlement in South Carolina established at Albemarle Point in Charleston in 1670
  • First indigo planted, 1671 by Moses Lindo, a Portugese Jew fleeing the Inquisition[88]
  • First free library established — Charleston, 1698
  • First mutual fire insurance company — Friendly Society for the Mutual Insurance of Houses against Fire, 1735
  • First opera performed in America — Charleston, February 18, 1735
  • First building to be used solely as a theatre — Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, constructed in 1736
  • First slave insurrection — Stono area near Charleston, 1739
  • First Jewish synagogue in South Carolina (Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim) - Charleston, 1750
  • First cotton exported to England, 1764
  • First Black Baptist Church established, Silver Bluff, 1773
  • The Charleston Chamber of Commerce was the first city Chamber of Commerce in this country - 1773
  • First public museum — Charleston Museum, organized January 12, 1773
  • First business publication — South Carolina Price Current in Charleston, 1774
  • First time a Jew was elected to public office in America, 1774. Francis Salvador was elected to the General Assembly[88]
  • The first time a British flag was taken down and replaced by an American flag was in Charleston in 1775
  • First independent government formed among American colonies, March 1776
  • Golf was first played in the city limits of Charleston. The South Carolina Golf Club was formed in 1786 - this was the first golf club.
  • First Roman Catholic Church - St. Mary's August 24, 1789, Charleston
  • First cotton mill built — James Island, 1789
  • First tea planted — Middleton Barony, 1802
  • First Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston, Most Rev. John England - 1820, Charleston
  • First fireproof building built — Charleston, 1822
  • First steam locomotive built in the United States to be used for regular railroad service - "Best Friend of Charleston," 1830.
  • First municipal college — College of Charleston, opened April 1, 1838
  • First Roman Catholic cathedral in South Carolina Cathedral of Saint John and Saint Finbar - Charleston, April 1845
  • First state to secede from the Union, December 20, 1860.
  • First shot fired in Civil War on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, April 12, 1861.
  • First Medal of Honor awarded to a Black recipient — W. H. Carney (Army), July 18, 1863.
  • The first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship was the H.L. Hunley used by the Confederates on February 17, 1864 in Charleston Harbor against the U.S.S. Housatonic.
  • First Black Associate Justice of a state supreme court — J. J. Wright, February 2, 1870
  • The first state intercollegiate football game took place on December 14, 1889 with Wofford defeating Furman
  • First commercial tea farm — Summerville, 1890
  • First black woman to practice medicine in the state was Dr. Matilda Arabelle Evans in 1897
  • First textile school established in a college — Clemson, 1899
  • The first car was manufactured in Rock Hill by John Gary Anderson in January 1916
  • First woman lawyer in South Carolina — Miss James M. Perry of Greenville was admitted to practice on May 4, 1918
  • First national historic preservation ordinance passed by Charleston city council on October 13, 1931
  • First television station WCSC broadcast from Charleston June 13, 1953
  • First U.S. Senator elected by a write-in vote — Strom Thurmond, November 2, 1954
  • First nuclear power plant dedicated at Parr Shoals on October 24, 1963
  • First Spoleto Festival held in Charleston May 1977
  • First black federal judge in South Carolina's history — Matthew J. Perry — appointed September 22, 1979
  • First governor Richard Riley elected November 6, 1984 to serve two consecutive four-year terms
  • Jean Toal — the first woman elected to state supreme court in 1988 and later elected chief justice in 2000
  • First State to have a Nuclear Bomb dropped By the US Air Force — Due East of Florence — Nuclear part was unarmed- 1958

Sister states

See also

The Flag of the State of South Carolina South Carolina portal
Main articles: Outline of South Carolina and Index of South Carolina-related articles

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Further reading

Textbooks and surveys

  • Bass, Jack. .Porgy Comes Home: South Carolina After 300 Years,.^ Home > Alerts > South Carolina .
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     ^ The South Carolina Americas Relocation Home Services members are here to provide you with South Carolina home relocation services and intimate local knowledge that only local South Carolina Realtors might possess.

     ^ South Carolina on Friday, returns eight starters from last years 11-7-1 squad that finished third in the SoCon with a 4-2-1 mark.

     Sandlapper, 1970. OCLC 724061ISBN 9999555071
  • Coker, P. C., III. Charleston's Maritime Heritage, 1670–1865: An Illustrated History. Charleston, S.C.: Coker-Craft, 1987. 314 pp.
  • Edgar, Walter. South Carolina: A History, University of South Carolina Press, 1998. ISBN 1-57003-255-6
  • Edgar, Walter, ed. The South Carolina Encyclopedia, University of South Carolina Press, 2006. ISBN 1-57003-598-2
  • George C. Rogers Jr. and C. James Taylor. A South Carolina Chronology, 1497–1992, 2nd Ed.,. .University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC, 1994. ISBN 0-87249-971-5
  • Wallace, David Duncan.^ Columbia - University of South Carolina - In the catacombs, there is supposed to be a 'Third Eye Man', a ghost with what looks like a third eye in the middle of his forehead.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     ^ South Carolina Gamecocks Merchandise, University of South Carolina Apparel and Gifts - Yahoo!
    • South Carolina Gamecocks Merchandise, University of South Carolina Apparel and Gifts - Yahoo! Sports Shop 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC yahoosports.teamfanshop.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     South Carolina: A Short History, 1520–1948 (1951) ISBN 0-87249-079-3
  • WPA. South Carolina: A Guide to the Palmetto State (1941) ASIN B000HM05WE
  • Wright, Louis B. South Carolina: A Bicentennial History' (1977) ISBN 0-393-05560-4

Scholarly secondary studies

  • Bass, Jack and Marilyn W. Thompson. Ol' Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond,. Longstreet Press, 1998.
  • Busick, Sean R. A Sober Desire for History: William Gilmore Simms as Historian., 2005. ISBN 1-57003-565-2.
  • Clarke, Erskine. Our Southern Zion: A History of Calvinism in the South Carolina Low Country, 1690–1990 (1996)
  • Channing, Steven. Crisis of Fear: Secession in South Carolina (1970)
  • Cohodas, Nadine. Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change,. Simon & Schuster, 1993.
  • Coit, Margaret L. John C. Calhoun: American Portrait (1950)
  • Crane, Verner W. The Southern Frontier, 1670–1732 (1956)
  • Ford Jr., Lacy K. Origins of Southern Radicalism: The South Carolina Upcountry, 1800–1860 (1991)
  • Hindus, Michael S. Prison and Plantation: Crime, Justice, and Authority in Massachusetts and South Carolina, 1767–1878 (1980)
  • Johnson Jr., George Lloyd. The Frontier in the Colonial South: South Carolina Backcountry, 1736–1800 (1997)
  • Jordan, Jr., Frank E. The Primary State - A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876–1962, Columbia, SC, 1967
  • Keyserling, Harriet. Against the Tide: One Woman's Political Struggle. .University of South Carolina Press, 1998.
  • Kantrowitz, Stephen.^ South Carolina Gamecocks Merchandise, University of South Carolina Apparel and Gifts - Yahoo!
    • South Carolina Gamecocks Merchandise, University of South Carolina Apparel and Gifts - Yahoo! Sports Shop 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC yahoosports.teamfanshop.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Columbia - University of South Carolina - In the catacombs, there is supposed to be a 'Third Eye Man', a ghost with what looks like a third eye in the middle of his forehead.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     Ben Tillman & the Reconstruction of White Supremacy (2002)
  • Lau, Peter F. Democracy Rising: South Carolina And the Fight for Black Equality Since 1865 (2006)
  • Peirce, Neal R. The Deep South States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Seven Deep South States; (1974)
  • Rogers, George C. Evolution of a Federalist: William Loughton Smith of Charleston (1758–1812) (1962)
  • Schultz Harold S. Nationalism and Sectionalism in South Carolina, 1852–1860 (1950)
  • Simon, Bryant. A Fabric of Defeat: The Politics of South Carolina Millhands, 1910–1948 (1998)
  • Simkins, Francis Butler. The Tillman Movement in South Carolina (1926)
  • Simkins, Francis Butler. .Pitchfork Ben Tillman: South Carolinian (1944)
  • Simkins, Francis Butler, and Robert Hilliard Woody.^ Acquiring the nickname "Pitchfork Ben," he died an angry old man, and is still said to haunt the upper two floors of Tillman Hall.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     South Carolina during Reconstruction (1932).
  • Sinha, Manisha. The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina (2000)
  • Smith, Warren B. White Servitude in Colonial South Carolina (1961)
  • Tullos, Allen Habits of Industry: White Culture and the Transformation of the Carolina Piedmont (1989)
  • Williamson Joel R. After Slavery: The Negro in South Carolina during Reconstruction, 1861–1877 (1965)
  • Wood, Peter H. Black Majority: Negroes in Colonial South Carolina from 1670 Through the Stono Rebellion (1996)

Local studies

  • Bass, Jack and Jack Nelson.The Orangeburg Massacre,. Mercer University Press, 1992.
  • Burton, Orville Vernon. .In My Father's House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina (1985), social history
  • Carlton, David L. Mill and Town in South Carolina, 1880–1920 (1982)
  • Clarke, Erskine.^ Apartment, condo and house rentals in South Carolina - find your next rental today with KwikRents™.
    • South Carolina Apartment Rentals 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.kwikrents.com [Source type: Academic]

     .Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic (2005)
  • Danielson, Michael N. Profits and Politics in Paradise: The Development of Hilton Head Island,.^ Hilton Head Plantation, SC .
    • South Carolina Apartment Rentals 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.kwikrents.com [Source type: Academic]

     ^ HILTON HEAD ISLAND .
    • Amateur and GMRS radio repeaters in South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.artscipub.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Hilton Head Island - Baynard Plantation - William Baynard's funeral procession can be seen passing by the ruins of the home and his tomb.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     University of South Carolina Press, 1995.
  • Doyle, Don H. New Men, New Cities, New South: Atlanta, Nashville, Charleston, Mobile, 1860–1910 (1990)
  • Huff, Jr., Archie Vernon. .Greenville: The History of the City and County in the South Carolina Piedmont, University of South Carolina Press, 1995.
  • Moore, John Hammond.^ Directions: 3 miles off I-20 at exit 33 in Aiken County, South Carolina.
    • Where to find pick your own farms and orchards in South Carolina for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and Christmas trees. 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.pickyourown.org [Source type: General]

     ^ PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     ^ IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ELBERT FRANKLIN HART IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE GREENWOOD LAURENS THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...CARNESVILLE...
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     Columbia and Richland County: A South Carolina Community, 1740–1990, University of South Carolina Press, 1993.
  • Moredock, Will. Banana Republic: A Year in the Heart of Myrtle Beach,. Frontline Press, 2003.
  • Pease, William H. and Jane H. Pease. The Web of Progress: Private Values and Public Styles in Boston and Charleston, 1828–1843 (1985),
  • Robertson, Ben. Red Hills and Cotton,. USC Press (reprint), 1991.
  • Rose, Willie Lee. Rehearsal for Reconstruction: The Port Royal Experiment (1964)

Political science

  • Carter, Luther F. and David Mann, eds. Government in the Palmetto State: Toward the 21st century,. .University of South Carolina, 1993.ISBN 0-917069-01-3
  • Graham, Cole Blease and William V. Moore.^ Columbia - University of South Carolina - In the catacombs, there is supposed to be a 'Third Eye Man', a ghost with what looks like a third eye in the middle of his forehead.
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     ^ South Carolina Gamecocks Merchandise, University of South Carolina Apparel and Gifts - Yahoo!
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     South Carolina Politics and Government. Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1994. ISBN 0-8032-7043-7
  • Tyer, Charlie. ed. South Carolina Government: An Introduction,. USC Institute for Public Affairs, 2002. ISBN 0-917069-12-9

Primary documents

  • Salley, Alexander S. ed. Narratives of Early Carolina, 1650–1708 (1911) ISBN 0-7812-6298-4
  • Woodmason Charles. The Carolina Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution Edited by Richard J. Hooker. (1953), a missionary reports ISBN 0-8078-4035-1

External links

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Travel guide

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From Wikitravel

South Carolina is a state in the United States of America and is part of the American South.
Golden Corner
southern coast
Grand Strand
northern coast
Greater Charleston
around Charleston and the central coast
Greater Columbia
the state capital and uplands
Old 96 District
Olde English District
Pee Dee Country
Santee Cooper Country
central South Carolina between the capital and Charleston
Thoroughbred Country
south of the capital bordering Georgia
Upcountry South Carolina
the extreme western South Carolina bordering both Georgia and North Carolina

Understand

South Carolina, together with North Carolina forms a region historically known as Carolina.
Though the famous "Southern accent" is definitely in evidence here, if you listen closely, you'll hear all its regional variations, from the deeper drawl of the lowcountry to the more clipped speech of the upstate.
South Carolina is very hot in the summer, and its nice coastal areas are a big tourist attraction. Winters on the coast are generally mild, though the upstate does get snow accumulation from time to time.

Talk

English is official.
Gullah is spoken on the Sea Islands.

Get in

South Carolina is served by five interstate highways.
Interstate 85 traverses the northwest corner of the state, near Anderson, and connects Greenville and Spartanburg with Charlotte, North Carolina.
Interstate 26 stretches southeast across the state, from Landrum to its terminus in Charleston. Interstate 26 intersects with Interstate 85 near Spartanburg, Interstate 20 near Columbia and Interstate 95 near Orangeburg.
Interstate 77 begins in Fort Mill, at the North Carolina border from Charlotte, N.C. and continues south to its terminus at Interstate 26, just south of Columbia.
South Carolina has multiple airports servicing the state. Charleston International is the largest in the state, and features flights all around the east coast. Myrtle Beach, Columbia an 1f40 d Greenville both have decent sized airports. Smaller regional airports are located in Hilton Head and Florence. These airports primarily service regional hubs.
Amtrak has multiple routes that pass through South Carolina. The Silver Service and Palmetto trains call in Florence, Columbia, and Charleston in addition to smaller towns along the route from New York City to Florida. The Crescent train calls in Spartanburg, Greenville, and Clemson en route from New York City to New Orleans.

Get around

The roads in South Carolina (like most places in the United States) are in good condition for travel. Interstate 95 in much of the southern part of the state is highly traveled and only a four-lane highway. One should keep a very close eye out for sudden back ups...especially close to Hilton Head.

Do

Along the Eastern Atlantic Coast of South Carolina are several popular tourist destinations.
The most well known area is called The Grand Strand and comprises 60 miles of mostly beachfront property. .The Strand runs south from the North and South Carolina border through the towns of Little River, Atlantic Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach and Garden City (in Horry County), down Hwy.^ Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC .
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 ^ Garden City Beach, SC .
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 ^ North Myrtle Beach, SC .
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 17 south through Georgetown County including Murrells Inlet, Litchfield, and Pawleys Island.
Little River is known for its beautiful inlet, great for fishing and water sports. Myrtle Beach's claim to fame is not only its beaches, but its nickname as "Golf Capital of the World". Murrells Inlet offers some of the freshest seafood around. Pawleys Island offers historic plantation sites as well as great golf.

Eat

Most of the BBQ in South Carolina is similar to Eastern Carolina-style with mostly mustard-based sauces on pulled pork.
On the Southern coastline, lowcountry and Charleston-style cuisine prevail, influenced by French, continental, and creole cooking with lots of fresh seafood.

Drink

Sweet tea is very popular and readily available, as is elsewhere in the South.
The drinking age for alcohol in South Carolina is 21. Almost all bars and off-premise vendors request government issued photo I.D. for younger looking patrons. In spring break destinations like Myrtle Beach police write scores of citations for underage drinking at clubs or on the beach.
Beer and wine are widely available in grocery and convenience stores around the state. Liquor must be sold in dedicated liquor stores. With the exception of coastal and metropolitan counties, off-premise sales of beer are banned on Sundays.

Stay safe

A word of caution, it is illegal in South Carolina to be 'grossly intoxicated' in public. The police can arrest you and charge you with public disorderly conduct if they believe this is the case, and there seems to be no legal definition of grossly intoxicated for a pedestrian. This is a misdemeanor offence, resulting in a court hearing. You can get your charge expunged within the state by entering a Pre-Trial Intervention (PTI) program. This involves fines, community service, drug tests, attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings & homework assignments and typically takes about 2 months to complete. However, the PTI program is not recognized by the Federal Government.
.Most of the areas visitors would normally visit in South Carolina are relatively crime-free.^ Find a Rental Post a FREE Rental Ad Find a Property Manager Manager Sign In South Carolina .
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 However, some residential areas in large cities like Charleston may be somewhat dangerous after dark for non-locals.
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South Carolina is a state in the Southeastern United States. It was one of the original thirteen colonies and now borders North Carolina and Georgia. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union in the Civil War, and the bombardment at Fort Sumter off its coast marked the opening of hostilities in that conflict.

1911 encyclopedia

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From LoveToKnow 1911

.SOUTH CAROLINA, a South Atlantic state of the United States of America, and one of the original thirteen, lying between latitudes 32° 2' and 35° 17' N. and between longitudes 78° 30' and 83° 20' W. It is bounded N. by North Carolina, E. by North Carolina and the Atlantic Ocean, S.E. by the Atlantic Ocean, S.W. and W. by the Savannah, Tugaloo and Chattooga rivers, which separate it from Georgia.^ Nicknamed "The Palmetto State" after the state tree (also featuring on state flag), South Carolina is located in the southern part of United States.
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 ^ Directions: 3 miles off I-20 at exit 33 in Aiken County, South Carolina.
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 ^ Directions: From Citadel Mall take highway 17 south towards Savannah.
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 Its total area is 30,989 sq. m., and of this 494 sq. m. are water surface.
Table of contents
1 Surface Features
2 Fauna
3 Flora
4 Climate
5 Soils
6 Agriculture
7 Mining
8 Manufactures
9 Local Government
10 Education
11 Finance
12 History

Surface Features

.South Carolina is mainly in the Coastal Plain, and Piedmont Plateau regions, but in the north-west it extends slightly into the Appalachian Mountain region.^ In Monroe take 601 South which turns into 151 South in South Carolina.
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 ^ Oconee Mountains, Greater Oconee (South Carolina) .
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 ^ Oconee Mountains (South Carolina) .
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 Locally the Coastal Plain region is known as the low country, and the Piedmont Plateau and Appalachian Mountain regions are known as the up-country. The coast, about 200 m. in length, is generally low. For 60 m. south-west of the North Carolina border it is unbroken and lined with a smooth, hard beach of light-coloured sand, but below this it becomes increasingly broken by estuaries and is lined with flat and low sea-islands that increase in size and number toward the Georgia border. For about so m. back from the coast the Coastal Plain region is occupied very largely by salt marshes. Then, although still continuing flat, the surface rises at the rate of about 22 ft. per mile for 40 m. or more; beyond this it rises more rapidly, reaches a maximum elevation in Lexington (disambiguation)|Lexington county of about 700 ft. above the sea, and becomes increasingly broken into rolling plateaus and deep valleys to the Fall Line, which marks the boundary between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont Plateau. .This line, at which the south-east flowing rivers fall from higher levels in the crystalline rocks of the Piedmont Plateau down to somewhat lower levels in the softer rocks of the Coastal Plain, passes in a general south-west direction from the North Carolina border north-east of Cheraw through Camden and Columbia to the Savannah river opposite Augusta, Georgia.^ Directions: Coming from Greenville: Take 276 North through downtown Travelers Rest.
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 ^ Directions: This farm is less than 10 miles from Augusta and Columbia County, Georgia.
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 ^ Directions: From Citadel Mall take highway 17 south towards Savannah.
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 The Piedmont Plateau region, rising gradually from an elevation of about 500 ft. along the Fall Line to moo ft. or more in the north-west, is a plateau broken into undulating ridges and deeply cut valleys. .In the small section of South Carolina which is traversed by the Appalachian Mountain region a few mountains of the Blue Ridge rise abruptly from the foot-hills to 3413 ft.^ Pickens Mountains (South Carolina) .
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 ^ Pickens Mountains, Greater Pickens (South Carolina) .
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 ^ Greenville Mountains (South Carolina) .
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 in Mt Pinnacle, 3218 ft. in Caesars Head, and 3157 ft. in Table Rock. The highest point in the state is Sassafras Mountain (3548 ft.) in the Blue Ridge and on the North Carolina state line. The mean elevation of the entire state is about 350 ft. The principal rivers rise in the Appalachian Mountains and flow south-east into the Atlantic Ocean. .In the middle section the Santee river is formed by the confluence of the Wateree, which is known in North Carolina as the Catawba, and the Congaree, which is in turn formed by the Broad and the Saluda, and the basin of this system embraces about one-half the area of the state.^ INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA...
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 ^ About 2000 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates .
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 .In the north-east the Great Pedee and its tributaries - the Little Pedee, Waccamaw and Lynches - are wholly within the Coastal Plain, but the main stream is a continuation below the Fall Line of the Yadkin river, which rises in the mountains of North Carolina.^ RABUN AND STEPHENS. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...
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 ^ THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
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 On the Georgia border the Chattooga river, rising in the Blue Ridge, becomes tributary to the Tugaloo, which in turn becomes tributary to the Savannah. .The Combahee and the Edisto, in the southeast, and the Black, north of the Santee, are the principal rivers that rise within the Coastal Plain and flow direct to the ocean.^ Directions: 8 miles north of Edisto Beach.
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 In the Piedmont Plateau region the current of the rivers is usually swift, and not infrequently there are falls or rapids; but in the Coastal Plain region the current becomes sluggish, and in times of high water the rivers spread over wide areas.

Fauna

The principal animals and birds in South Carolina are deer, rabbits, squirrels, opossums, musk-rats, raccoons, minks, geese, ducks, wild turkeys, " partridge " (quail or bobwhite), woodcock and snipe. Foxes, bears, wolves, lynx (wild cats) and otters are very rare, and pumas (panthers) and beavers long ago disappeared. Common among birds of prey are owls, hawks and kites, and there are many turkey buzzards. Song birds are numerous and of many varieties; among them are thrushes, mocking birds, blue birds, robins, wrens, chickadees, warblers, vireos, sparrows, bobolinks (reed birds or rice birds), meadow larks and orioles. In the bays and lower courses of the rivers are porpoises, whiting, sea bass, channel bass, shad, sturgeon, mullet, drum, bluefish, snappers, sheepshead, weakfish or squeteague, groupers, and several other kinds of fish. Oysters, crabs, shrimp and terrapins are also abundant here, and in the inland streams are some pike, perch, trout and catfish.

Flora

.From the number of palmettoes along the coast South Carolina has become popularly known as the Palmetto state.^ South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Skip to Content www.bls.gov Search: All BLS.gov .
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 Scarcely less conspicuous for some distance from the ocean are the magnolias, the live oaks draped with long gray moss, and the reedcovered marshes. In the swamps there are cypresses and some gum and bay trees. In most of the uplands of the Coastal Plain region the long-leaf pine is predominant, but large water-oaks and undergrowths of several other oaks and of hickories are not uncommon. On the Piedmont Plateau and in some of the more hilly and heavy-soil sections below the Fall Line there is some short-leaf pine, but most of the trees in these sections are of the hardwood varieties: deciduous oaks are most common, but beech, birch, ash, maple, black walnut, chestnut, sycamore and tulip trees also abound. On the mountains are the cucumber tree, laurel, white pine and hemlock. Among indigenous trees, shrubs and vines that bear edible fruits or nuts the state has the blackberry, grape, pawpaw, persimmon, plum, crabapple, hickory, chestnut and hazel nut. The English walnut, pecan, apple, apricot, pear and cherry are also cultivated. Both medicinal and flowering plants are exceptionally abundant; a few of the former are ginseng, snakeroot, bloodroot, hore-hound, thoroughwort, redroot (Ceanothus Americanus), horse mint and wild flax, and prominent among the latter are jessamines, azaleas, lilies, roses, violets, honey-suckle and golden-rod. Venus's flytrap is found along the coast.

Climate

Along the coast the climate is comparatively mild and equable. .At Charleston, for example, the mean winter temperature is 51° F., the mean summer temperature 81° F., the mean annual temperature 66° F., and the range of extremes from 104° F. to 7° F. or 97° F. Toward the north-west the mean winter temperature decreases to 47° F. at Columbia and to 40° F. at Greenville; the mean summer temperature decreases only to 80° F. as far as Columbia, but from there to Greenville decreases to 75° F.; and the mean annual temperature decreases to 62° F., at Columbia and to 58° F. at Greenville.^ From Columbia - Take I26 to I385 toward Greenville, take highway 221 exit (at Wal-mart Distr.
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 The range of extremes increases to 108° F. (106° to -2°) at Columbia, and then decreases to 102°F. (97° to - 5°) at Greenville. The greatest range of extremes in the state is from I° F. at Santuck, Union county, in February 1899, to 106° F. at Columbia in August 1900. For the whole state the mean annual temperature is about 63° F., the mean summer temperature 79° F., and the mean winter temperature 44° F. In nearly all sections January is the coldest month and July the warmest. The mean annual rainfall for the state is about 49 in., and its distribution is excellent. Extremes for the various sections range only from 53.4 in. at Charleston to 44.4 in. at Stateburg, in Sumter county. .Seventeen inches, or more than one-third, falls during the summer, and for the other seasons the range is only from 10.1 in.^ Open: Our season usually begins no earlier than September 25 and can go through November 10, depending on the weather.
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 for autumn to II. 6 in. for winter. Snow is uncommon in the south-east of the state, and whenever there is a snow-storm the snow usually melts as it falls; but in the centre and north-west occasionally covers the ground to a depth of several inches. The prevailing winds are from the south-west along the coast, from the north-east in the north-central section, and from the west in the west section. Tornado winds sometimes occur in the west section, and the east section occasionally suffers from West Indian hurricanes.

Soils

In general the soils of the Piedmont Plateau region are such as have been formed by the disintegration of the underlying rocks. These consist mostly of granite and gneiss, but in the north-central section there is trap-rock, and in the south-east section some slate. On the more level areas of the Piedmont Plateau the granitic soil is a grey mixture of sand and clay, but on the hillsides of the river basins it is a heavy clay of reddish colour, the sand having been washed down to form the soils of the Coastal Plain. In all sections of the Piedmont Plateau the subsoil is a reddish or yellowish clay. In the upper section of the Coastal Plain region the soil is for the most part a loose sand, but lower down it becomes finer, more tenacious, and consequently more fertile.

Agriculture

The number of farms in South Carolina was 93,864 in 1880, 115,008 in 1890 and 154,166 in 1900 - the number for the two last named years not including farms of less than 3 acres and of relatively small productivity. The total acreage in farms in 1880 was 13,457,613 acres, of which 4132 acres were improved; in 1890, 13,184,652 acres, of which 5,255,237 acres were improved; and in 1900, 13,985,014 acres, of which 5,755,741 acres were improved. .The total value of farm property, with improvements, machinery and livestock, was $84,079,702 in 1880; $119,849,272 (average value per farm, $1042) in 1890; and $153,591,159 (average value, $989) in 1900; while the average value per acre of farm-land increased from $9.09 in 1890, to $10.98 in 1900. Of farms of woo acres and more there were 1635 in 1880 and 1010 in 1900; of between 500 acres and woo acres there were 3693 in 1880 and 2314 in 1900; of 50 acres and less than loo acres there were 13,612 in 1880 and 29,944 in 1900; of 20 acres and less than 50 acres there were 3688 in 1880 and 5261 in 1900. Farms worked by owners numbered 46,645 in 1880 and 60,471 in 1900; by cash tenants, 21,974 in 1880 and 57,046 in 1900; by share tenants, 25,245 in 1880 and 37,838 in 1900. Of the 155,355 farms in the state in 1900, 85,381 were worked by negroes of whom 22.2% were owners of their farms, 49.7% cash tenants and 27.9% share tenants.^ Directions: This farm is less than 10 miles from Augusta and Columbia County, Georgia.
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.The state long out-ranked all other states in the growing of rice, but this industry has declined, and South Carolina is now surpassed by both Louisiana and Texas.^ Nicknamed "The Palmetto State" after the state tree (also featuring on state flag), South Carolina is located in the southern part of United States.
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 Cotton is the state's most valuable crop. The cotton product of the state in 1889 was 747, 1 9 0 bales, in 1899 it was 881,422 bales, and in 1909, 1,095,000 bales. The principal cereals, with the amounts and values of the crops in 1899 and 1909 are: Indian corn, 17,429,610 bush. ($9,149,808) in 1899 and 37,041,000 bush. ($33,337,000) in 1909; wheat, 1,017,319 bush. ($958,158) in 1899 and 3,810,000 bush. ($5,563, 000) in 1909. Oats, 2,661,670 bush. ($1,226,575) in 1899 and 4,431,000 bush. ($3,190,000) in 1909. Rice, 47,360,128 lb ($1,366,528) in 1899, on 23,726 farms, nearly half of the total number (48,155) of rice farms in the United States, which, however, decreased to 476,000 bush. ($433,000) in 1909. The rye crop was 1 9,37 2 bush. ($18,405) in 1899, and 39,000 bush. ($55,000) in 5909. Other important crops are: tobacco 19,895,970 Ib ($1,297,293) in 1899, and 32,000,000 Ib ($2,336,000) in 1909; hay and forage, 213,249 tons ($2,304,734) in 1899, and of hay alone 81,000 tons (1,256,000) in 1909; potatoes, 3,369,957 bush. ($1,538,205) in 1899 and 765,000 bush. ($880,000) in 1909.

Mining

The value of the mineral product of the state was $ 1, 8 34, 1 34 in 1902, $2,305,203 in 1907 and $2,081,001 in 1908. The total value of the products of manufacturing industries based on mining was $18,565,682 in 1900, or 17.2% of the total value of the product of all manufacturing industries. The most valuable single mineral is phosphate rock, which is found in a belt 70 m. long by 30 m. wide, extending from the mouth of the Broad river near Port Royal in the south-east to the headwaters of the Wando river in the north-east. The chief deposits are found in Berkeley, Dorchester, Charleston, Colleton and Beaufort counties, at the bottom of rivers, 20 to 30 ft. in depth, and on land at an elevation but little above mean tide. Its commercial value for the manufacture of fertilizer was established in 1867, and the mining of it began soon afterwards in the Ashley River region. The amount mined in 1868 was 12,262 long tons; in 1902, 313,365 long tons; and in 1908, 225,495 long tons, valued at 989,881. The value of other minerals produced in 1908 was as follows: Granite, $297,874; clay, $110,636; and monazite, $ 1 3,4 4. The product and value of mineral waters was 786,754 gals. ($195,182) in 1907 and 271,572 gals. ($ 70,937) in 1908. Minerals which were not mined commercially in 1902 include asbestos, which occurs in Spartanburg and Pickens counties; fullers'-earth; graphite in Spartanburg and Greenville counties; iron ores in the north and north-west portions of the state; iron pyrites in Spartanburg and York counties; talc, bismuth, ochre, pyrites, ' galena, brown coal, malachite, phosphate of lead and barytes.

Manufactures

The number of factories in South Carolina in 1900 was 1369, in 1905, 1399 1; the amount of capital invested in such establishments was $62,750,027 in 1900, and in 1905 $113,422,224; the value of products in 1900 was $53,335,811; in 1905, $79,376,262; and the average number of wage earners in 1 The special census of 1905 was confined to manufactures under the factory system, and the statistics above for 1900 have been reduced to the same standard to make them comparable with the statistics for 1905.
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The manufacture of cotton goods was much the most important industry in 1900 and 1905, and showed a remarkable growth. The capital invested in this industry was $39,258,946 in 1900 and $ 82 ,337,4 2 9 in 1905; the value of the products was $29,723,919 in 1900 and $49,437,644 in 1905; the average number of wageearners was 30,201 in 1900 and 37,271 in 1905; and the amount of wages, $5,066,840 in 1900 and $7,701,689 in 1905. The number of establishments in 1900 was 80, and in 1905, 127; the number of producing spindles in 1900 was 1,431,349, and in 1905, 2,864,092; and the number of looms in 1900, 42,663, and in 1905, 72,702. The use of domestic cotton increased from 485,024 bales in 1900 to 555,467 bales in 1905, and the amount paid for this cotton increased from $14,909,520 to $30,451,159. In the same period the amount of foreign cotton used increased from 210 bales in 1900 to 2633 bales in 1905, and the amount paid for it from $20,026 in 1900 to $318,020 in 1905. The principal product of the mills was plain cloths for printing or converting, of a quality finer than No. 28 warp, of which there were produced 322,850,981 sq. yds., valued at $14,007,496 in 1905, as compared with 97,343,526 sq. yds., valued at $3,171,198 in 1900. Other products and their values in 1900 and 1905 were as follows: brown or bleached sheetings and shirtings, 283,105,383 sq. yds. ($11,553073) in 1900 and 248,777,474 sq. yds. .($12,035,854) in 1905; yarns for sale, 24,859,616 lb ($3,461,090) in 1900 and 31,645,397 lb ($6,217,795) in 1905; drills, 116,467,224 sq.^ Open: September 24 - October 31, 8 am to 7 PM. Annual Pumpkin Sale Richland County .
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 yds. ($5,375,017) in 1900 and 88,551,799 sq. yds. ($5,344,146) in 1905; twills and sateens, 11,379 712 sq. yds. ($4 8 5,4 8 4) in 1900 and 45,220,488 sq. yds. ($2,175,651) in 1905.
The value of the products of other industries in 1900 and 1905 were as follows: Lumber and timber, $4,942,362 in 1900 and $6,791,451 in 1905; cotton-seed oil and cake, $3,103425 in 1900 and $5,462,818 in 1905; fertilizers, $4,882,506 in 1900 and $3,637,576 in 1905; lumber and planing-mill products, including sash, doors and blinds, $1,016,328 in 1900 and $1,478,581 in 1905; hosiery and knit goods, $392,237 in 1900 and $1,078,682 in 1905; cars and general shop construction and repairs by steam railway companies, $691,361 in 1900 and $1,080,990 in 1905.
Forests.-The principal lumber resource of South Carolina is yellow (or " southern ") pine, and there is also a small quantity of cypress. The stand of yellow pine in the state in 1880 was estimated at 5316 million ft.; and in 1905 it was estimated at 3363 million ft. .The value of the lumber product increased from $1,108,880 in 1850 to $5,207,184 in 1900. Some use is also made of the forest resources of the state in the manufacture of veneer, paper pulp, turpentine and other chemicals.^ We minimize use of pesticides and other chemicals.
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Fisheries.-The total yield of the state's fisheries in 1902 was 8, 1 74,4 6 3 lb, valued to the fishermen at $263,023, which is an increase over that of 1897 of 2,894,017 lb and of $52,567 in value. The number of persons employed in 1902 was 3713, an increase over 1897 of 1574; the amount of capital invested in 1902 was $320,723, an increase over 1897 of $146,369. The oyster fishery represented in 1902 about 45% of the entire value of the state's fisheries, the catch in that year being 689,700 bush., valued at $118,460, an increase over 1897 of 474,800 bush. and $73,100. The amount and value of other catches in 1902 were as follows: whiting, 606,300 lb ($30,118); sea bass, 7 0 9,5 5 lb ($27,364); shad, 434,133 lb ($20,782); clam, 28,133 bush. ($12,940); shrimp, 306,500 lb ($ 12,452); terrapin, 27,521 lb ($5,580); mullet, 138,000 lb ($3782); jewfish, 79,500 lb ($373 8); channel bass, 102,000 lb ($355 0); squeteague, 85,700 lb ($3 0 59); shark, 90,000 lb ($1800). Other fish taken include the sheepshead, drum, grouper, striped bass and croaker.
Transportation.-The chief railway systems of South Carolina are the Southern, the Seaboard Air line and the Atlantic Coast line. The railway mileage of the state was 3335.48 m. on the 1st of January 1909. Inland water communication is furnished by several navigable rivers. Between 1816 and 1826 the state expended upon internal improvements $1,712,626, a large part of which was appropriated for building canals round the rapids of five rivers; 1 In this class are included the manufactures of only four cities, Charleston, Columbia, Greenville and Spartanburg, which in 1900 had populations of 8000 or more.
between 1878 and 1900 the United States government expended $6,063,692 upon seven rivers and three harbours. The Savannah River is navigable from Savannah to Augusta, Georgia (202 m.), where its mean low water depth is 3 ft., and from Augusta to Petersburg, Georgia, for flatboats. Other navigable streams are the Waccamaw, to Bucksville (50 m.); the Great Pedee to Smith's Mills (52 m.); the Cooper, to Strawberry Ferry (30 m.); the Ashley, to Lambs (13 m.); the Edisto, to Guignard Landing (260 m.); the South Edisto, to the North Edisto (11 m.); the Beaufort, to the Coosaw River (11 m.); and the Santee, to the confluence of the Congaree and Wateree rivers, which are navigable for flatboats. The ports of entry are Charleston, Beaufort and Georgetown.
.Population.-The population in 1880 was 995,577; in 1890, 1,151,149; in 1900, 1,340,316; and in 1910, 1,515,400.2 In only one other state, Mississippi, in 1900 the negroes exceeded the whites; in South Carolina 58.4% of the total, or 782,321, were negroes or of negro descent, and 41-6% were whites; but there was a slight falling-off in the percentage of negroes, this having been 59-9% in 1890. Of the total population, 99-6% were native-born.^ Directions: 3 miles off I-20 at exit 33 in Aiken County, South Carolina.
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 There were, in 1900, 552,436 native whites; 5,5 28 persons of foreign birth, 121 Indians and 67 Chinese. Of the inhabitants born in the United States, 29,521 were natives of North Carolina, and 13,544 were natives of Georgia, and of the foreign-born 2075 were Germans, and 1131 were natives of Ireland. Of the total population, 17,628 were of foreign parentage-i.e. either one or both parents were foreignborn-and 2503 were of German and 1607 of Irish parentage on both the father's and the mother's side. In 1906 there were in the state 655,933 members of different religious denominations, of whom the Baptist bodies were the strongest with 341,456 communicants; the Methodist bodies had 249,169 members; 35,533 were Presbyterians; 12,652 were Lutherans; 10,317 were Roman Catholics; and 8557 were Protestant Episcopalians. From 1890 to 1900 the urban population (i.e. in places with 4000 inhabitants) increased from 84,459 to 157,111; the semi-urban population (i.e. population of incorporated places), or the approximate equivalent, having less than 4000 inhabitants) increased from 93,551 to 104,352; while the rural population (i.e. population outside of incorporated places) increased from 973,139 to 1,078,853. The' principal cities are Charleston, Columbia (the capital), Spartanburg, Greenville, Sumter, Anderson and Rock Hill.
.Administration.-South Carolina was governed from 1670 to 1719 under the Carolina provincial charter of 1665, from 1719 to 1776 under commissions and instructions from the Crown, and after 1776 under the constitutions of 1 77 6, 1 77 8, 1790, 1865, 1868 and 1895. An amendment to the constitution may be proposed by either house of the legislature; if it is approved by two-thirds of the members elected to each it must then be submitted to the people to be voted on at the next general election for members of the state house of representa-.^ South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Skip to Content www.bls.gov Search: All BLS.gov .
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 tives, and if it receives a favourable vote of a majority and subsequently a majority vote in each house of the next general assembly it becomes part of the constitution. A constitutional convention to revise the constitution may be called by a twothirds vote in each house, subsequently ratified by a majority vote of the electors of the state.
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Effective protection against a possible restoration of negro rule seems to have been aimed at in the suffrage provisions of the new constitution. Two plans of registration were provided, one temporary, the other permanent. Up to the 1st of January 1898 all persons otherwise qualified could register, provided they could read any section of the constitution or understand and explain it when read to them by the registration officer, and all persons so registered were qualified voters for life. The obvious intention was to disfranchise illiterate negroes, but not illiterate whites. Under the permanent plan, however, this distinction will gradually disappear. Those who should apply for registration after the 1st of January 1898 must be able to read and write any section of the constitution submitted to them by the registration officer, or must show that they have paid all taxes for the previous year on property worth $300 or more. Other requirements for voters 2 According to previous censuses the population was as follows: are: residence in the state for two years (except that ministers in charge of organized churches and teachers of public schools need have a residence in the state of six months only), in the county for one year, and in the polling precinct for four months, and the payment six months before election-time of a poll-tax. Idiots, insane persons, paupers, convicts and persons convicted of certain crimes (enumerated in the constitution) and not pardoned by the governor are disqualified from registering or voting.
Under the constitution of 1895 the governor holds office for two years and is eligible for re-election. The governor and the lieutenant-governor must be thirty years old and must have been citizens of the United States and citizens and residents of the state for five years. The governor has a veto power, extending to the separate items in appropriation bills, which may be overcome by a two-thirds majority in each house of the General Assembly; three days (excluding Sunday) are allowed to the governor for vetoing bills or joint resolutions passed by the General Assembly, or only two days if the General Assembly adjourn before three days have elapsed. The lieutenant-governor is the presiding officer of the senate, and succeeds the governor if the governor is removed from office by impeachment, death, resignation or otherwise. Other administrative officers of the state, each elected for two years, are a secretary of state, a comptroller-general, an attorneygeneral, a treasurer, an adjutant and inspector-general, and a superintendent of education.
The state 'legislature is officially styled the General Assembly, and is composed of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The House of Representatives is composed of 124 members elected every two years and apportioned among the counties according to population; the Senate of one member from each county, elected for a term of four years, the term of one-half of the senators ending every two years. Annual sessions of the General Assembly are held, beginning on the second Tuesday in January. In 1904 the legislature submitted an amendment providing for biennial sessions and it was ratified by a popular vote, but inasmuch as the constitution requires a subsequent ratification by the legislature, the question came up again in the session of 1905. Attention was then called to the fact that the new amendment would make other changes in the constitu tion necessary, and the matter was referred to a legal commission.
The judicial power is vested in a Supreme Court and two circuit courts, a court of common pleas having civil jurisdiction, and a court of general sessions having criminal jurisdiction. The supreme court consists of a chief justice and three associates, elected by a joint viva voce vote of the General Assembly for a term of eight years. In each of the eight circuits is a circuit judge elected in a similar manner for four years. The magistrates or justices of the peace are appointed by the governor - d wise provision, because under the constitution of 1868 negroes were frequently elected who could neither read nor write.

Local Government

.The unit of local government in South Carolina is the county, which, the state constitution provides, " shall be a body politic and corporate."^ GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
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 The constitution also provides for the establishment of a new county, " whenever one-third of the qualified electors within the area of each section of an old county proposed to be cut off to form a new county shall petition the governor .for the creation of a new county," whereupon the governor " shall order an election within a reasonable time thereafter," and if two-thirds of the voters vote " yes," the General Assembly at the next session shall establish the new county, provided that no section of a county shall be cut off without the consent of two-thirds of those voting in such section; that no new county " shall contain less than one one hundred and twenty-fourth part of the whole number of inhabitants of the state, nor shall it have less assessed taxable property than one and one-half millions of dollars, nor shall it contain an area of less than four hundred square miles "; and that " no old county shall be reduced to less area than five hundred square miles, to less assessed taxable property than two million dollars, nor to a smaller population than fifteen thousand inhabitants." The General Assembly may alter county lines at any time, provided the proposed change is sanctioned by two-thirds of the voters in the section proposed to be cut off. The General Assembly may also provide for the consolidation of two or more counties if a majority of the voters concerned approve, " but such election shall not be held oftener than once in four years in the same counties." Counties are divided into townships and under the constitution each " shall constitute a body politic and corporate," but in 1910 there were no separate township govern-' ments, the existing division of counties into townships being for the purpose of convenience in adjusting taxes. Municipal government machinery is prescribed by a general state law which provides for the acquirement by municipalities of waterworks and lightingplants, the levying and collection of taxes and? the issuing of licences, and regulates bonded debts. Cities and towns are permitted to exempt, by ordinance, certain classes of manufactories from all taxes except for school purposes, provided such ordinances are ratified by a majority of the electors.
Miscellaneous Laws. - The elaborate precautions taken to prevent lynching are a peculiarity of the constitution of 1895. Any officer - state, county or municipal - who, through negligence or connivance, permits a prisoner to be seized and lynched, forfeits his office and becomes ineligible to hold any office of trust or profit in the state unless pardoned by the governor. The county in which the crime occurs is, without regard to the conduct of the officers, liable in damages of not less than $2000 to the legal representative of the person lynched; the county is authorized, however, to recover this amount from the persons engaged in the lynching. A fourth unusual feature is that South Carolina has applied the principle of direct primary nominations to all elective officials from governor down. United States senators are in practice elected by the people, for the legislature merely registers the result of the primary. Since an absolute majority of the votes cast is required, it is often necessary to hold a second primary in which only the two leading candidates are considered (see act of the 22nd of December 1888, and ex parte Sanders, 53 S.C. 478). South Carolina is the only state in which divorce is not allowed in any circumstances; this is a constitutional provision. Divorces were not permitted before 1868 and the provisions of the constitution of that year and of an act of 1872, permitting divorce (for adultery or for wilful desertions for two years) were repealed in 1878. A married woman may hold, acquire and dispose of property as if she were single, and the descent of the estate of a husband dying intestate is the same as that of a wife dying intestate, the survivor being entitled to onethird of the estate if there are one or more children, and to one-half of the estate if there are no children or other lineal descendants. Tenancy by courtesy was abolished in 1883, but the right of dower still obtains; the widow's acceptance of a distributive share in her husband's estate, however, bars her dower. A homestead in lands to the value of $t000, the products of the same, and personal property to the value of $500 which belong to the head of a family or to the husband and wife jointly are exempt from attachment, levy or sale except for taxes, purchase money or debts contracted in making improvements or repairs. The exemption of the homestead continues for the benefit of the widow or for the children alone, whether minors or not, provided it is occupied by some of them, and it may be partitioned among the children regardless of debts. The number of hours' labour for operatives and employes in cotton and woollen mills is limited to sixty a week and must not exceed eleven in any one day, except for making up lost time to the extent of sixty hours in any one year. A prohibition bill introduced in the legislature of 1892 was, through the influence of the Tillman Reform faction, replaced by a substitute measure, which established a dispensary system, based upon the Gothenburg plan. This system went into effect in July 1893 and was in force for thirteen years. Under it the state bought liquors, graded them in accordance with a chemical analysis, and sold them to consumers in packages of not less than one half-pint; the dispensaries were open from sunrise to sunset, no sales were made to minors or drunkards, and no liquor was drunk on the premises; there was a state dispensary commissioner and a state board of control; and the profits were divided between the state, the counties and the municipalities, the share of the state being devoted to educational purposes. The state dispensary was opposed by the old conservative faction, by the saloon keepers, and by the radical prohibitionists. The Supreme Court of the state by a vote of two to one decided in April 1894 that the law was unconstitutional, but in October a change in the personnel of the court brought about a reversal. The Supreme Court of the United States held on the 18th of January 1897 that the provisions of the statute forbidding the importation of liquor by anyone except certain state officials were in violation of the interstate commerce clause of the constitution (Scott v. Donald, 165 U.S. 58). Under the Brice bill, passed in 1904 and amended in 1905, which gave the people of each county the choice between dispensary and prohibition, with the proviso that if they adopt the latter they must pay the extra taxes necessary to enforce it, several counties adopted prohibition; and in 1907 the state dispensary system was abolished, all impure liquors were declared contraband, each county was required to vote to prohibit the sale of liquors or to establish a dispensary, the sale of intoxicating liquors was forbidden outside of cities and towns, and sales may be made only through county dispensaries, which may not sell at night or on Sunday, or to inebriates or minors. The constitution of 1895 forbade a restoration of the saloon system in its original form. An act of 1909 made it a misdemeanour to solicit orders for liquor in the state.

Education

As. early as 1710 public school education was provided for indigent children. The present free-school system was established in 1868. The educational system is under the supervision of the state superintendent of education, with the assistance of a board composed of the governor and not exceeding seven other persons appointed by the governor. The constitution of 1895 ordered a three-mills levy. The present high-school system dates from an act of 1907; and in1909-1910there were 131 high schools, six of which required a full four-years' course. The per capita expenditure according to enrolment was $4.98 for each white pupil and $1.42 for each negro pupil in 1899; in 1909 it was $10.34 for each white pupil and $1.70 for each negro. The schools are supported by taxation; they formerly received the profits from the dispensary. The maximum local tax levy is eight-mills for elementary schools and two-mills for high schools. In1908-1909the total expenditures for 5066 public schools (2712 for whites, 2354 for negroes) in the state was $1,898,886, of which $1,590,733 was for whites. .The average yearly salary in1908-1909in white schools was $479.79 for men and $249.13 for women teachers; in negro schools the corresponding salaries were $118.17 and $91.45. The state supports wholly or in part, the university of South Carolina (before 1906 South Carolina College), established at Columbia in 1801; the South Carolina Military Academy (locally called " The Citadel ") established at Charleston in 1845, Clemson Agricultural College (1889), at Clemson, Oconee county, with departments of agriculture, chemistry, mechanics and electricity, textiles and military, and academic and preparatory courses; Winthrop Normal and Industrial College for Girls (1895) at Rock Hill, and the Coloured Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechanical College (1896) at Orangeburg.^ PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
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 .Among the other higher institutions of learning are the college of Charleston (1790, non-sectarian), Newberry College (1858, Lutheran) at Newberry, the Presbyterian College of South Carolina (1880) at Clinton, Erskine College (1839, Associate Reformed Presbyterian) at Due West, Furman University (1852, Baptist) at Greenville, and Wofford College (1854, Methodist Episcopal South) at Spartanburg; for women, Converse College (1890, non-sectarian) at Spartanburg, the College for Women (1890, Presbyterian) at Columbia, Columbia College (1859, nonsectarian) near Columbia, Greenville Female College (1854, Baptist) at Greenville, Lander Female College (1872, until 1903 at Williamston, and until 1904 the Williamston Female College, Methodist Episcopal South) at Greenwood, and the Due West Female College (1859, Associate Reformed Presbyterian) at Due West; and for negroes, Claflin University (1869, Methodist Episcopal) at Orangeburg, Allen University (1881, African Methodist Episcopal) at Columbia, and several normal and industrial schools.^ Newberry (South Carolina) .
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 There are theological seminaries at Columbia (1828, Presbyterian), at Due West (1837, Associate Reformed Presbyterian), and at Mount Pleasant (1898, Lutheran).
Charities, eec. - The state has no board of public charities, and under the present constitution the county commissioners are overseers of the poor, except in Charleston and Columbia whose poor are provided for by the municipal authorities. The county commissioners of each county have charge of the poor-house of the county, appoint its superintendent, physician and other officials, and report annually to the judge of the Court of General Sessions, who submits this report to the grand jury. Each poor-house must have sufficient tillable land to give employment to all paupers who are able to work. There is an institution for the deaf, dumb and blind (1849, since 1857 a state institution) at Cedar Springs, and a state hospital for the insane, founded in 1821 at Columbia by Samuel Farrow (1760-1824) and opened in 1828. The state penitentiary is also at Columbia.

Finance

The revenues of the state are derived mainly from the general property tax, fees, licences, dispensary profits and phosphate royalties. At the beginning of the Civil War the public debt was $3,814,862.91 and the credit of the state was sound. The obligations contracted in support of the war, amounting to about $3,000,000 were of course nullified by the Fourteenth Amendment. There were so many irregularities and so much corruption connected with the bond issues of reconstruction days that it is impossible to discover their exact amount. Estimates of the total debt in 1872 vary from $28,000,000 to $33,000,000. The first step towards repudiation was taken by the " carpet-bag " legislature of 1873, when it provided for the issue of consolidated bonds to replace the outstanding obligations at the rate of fifty cents on the dollar. Nearly six million dollars worth were declared null and void because issued without authority of law. After the return of the Democrats to power in 1877 a further investigation was made and the government finally assumed responsibility for $6,406,606. The greater part of this was funded under an act of October 1892, and provision was made for a sinking fund, derived mainly from the royalty on phosphate beds. In 1909 the funded debt amounted to $6,526,885. The legislature is forbidden to create any further debt except for the ordimary current business of the state, unless the proposition he submitted to the voters of the state and approved by a two-thirds majority. After the abolition of the state dispensary system in 1907 a State Dispensary Commission was created for winding up the business of the dispensary and distributing about $900,000 (of which $ioo,000 was still due) of dispensary funds. Two companies brought suit for moneys owed for liquor sold to the state dispensary; the commission resisted the suit on the ground that as a court and as a representative of the state it could not be sued; the circuit court and the circuit court of appeals overruled this plea and put the funds into the hands of a receiver; but in April 1909 this famous cause was closed by the decision of the Federal Supreme Court, upholding the commission and restoring to it the fund. Banks are subject to the supervision of an examiner and in addition are required to make weekly reports to the comptroller-general.

History

The history of South Carolina may be divided into four main periods: the period of discovery and exploration (1520-1663); the period of proprietary rule (1663-1719); the period of royal rule (1719-1776); and the period of statehood (from 1776). The first Europeans to visit the coast were a party of Spaniards from Cuba in 1520. In 1562 some French Protestants under Jean Ribaut made an unsuccessful attempt to establish a colony near the mouth of the Broad river (see Port Royal). In 1629, Charles I. granted to his attorneygeneral, Sir Robert Heath, all the territory lying between the 31st and the 36th parallels and extending through from sea to sea, but no settlement was made, and in 1663 the same territory was granted to the earl of Clarendon (1609-1674), and six other favourites of Charles II. A second charter in 1665 extended the limits to 29° and 36° 30'. The proprietors were to legislate for the colony " by and with the advice, assent and approbation of the freemen." They were empowered, though not required, to grant religious freedom to Dissenters. Land was held in free and common socage, and the statute quia emptores was suspended, thus allowing subinfeudation. Concessions or immigration circulars were issued in 1663 and 1665 offering most liberal terms to prospective colonists. This policy was soon abandoned. In the Fundamental Constitution, adopted by the proprietary board in 1669 John Locke and Lord Ashley (1621-1683) prepared for the colony an elaborate feudal system of government which would have been obsolete even in Europe (see North Carolina). Subsequent issues in 1670, 1682 (Jan. 12), 1682 (Aug. 17), and 1698 modified the original plan to some extent. The constitutions possess more than a mere antiquarian interest. They helped to arouse that feeling of discontent among the colonists which culminated in the overthrow of proprietary rule, and they encouraged the large plantation system which constituted the foundation of the slave-holding aristocracy.
The first permanent English settlement was made in April 1670 at Albemarle Point, on the west bank of the Ashley river, but as the situation proved unfavourable the government and most of the people moved over in 1680 to the neck between the Ashley and the Cooper rivers, the site of the present city of Charleston. The area of settlement was gradually extended along the coast in both directions, but did not penetrate far into the interior. The province was soon divided into three coast counties: Berkeley, extending from the Stono river to the Sewee and including Charleston; Craven to the north of the Sewee; and Colleton to the south of the Stono. In addition to those settlers who came direct from England there were many Englishmen from Barbadoes and French Protestants, both of which classes exercised considerable influence upon the history of the colony. It was largely due to the Barbadian connexion that South Carolina was for many years more closely associated with the island than with the continental colonies. Her political history during the colonial era is the story of a struggle between popular and prerogative interests, first between the people and the lords proprietors, later between the people and the Crown. From 1670 to 1700 the principal questions at issue were the refusal of the settlers to subscribe to the numerous editions of the Fundamental Constitutions and disputes over the collection of quit-rents. Concessions were finally made which brought the government more directly under popular control. In 1692 the legislature was divided into two houses, and in 1693 the commons house, elected by the people, secured the privilege of initiating legislation. The truce was followed by a controversy between Churchmen and Dissenters. A test act requiring members of the assembly to conform to the Church of England and to take the sacrament of the Eucharist according to the rites and usages of that Church (1704) was defeated only through the intervention of the Whig House of Lords in England. By an act of the 30th of November 1706, which remained in force until the War of American Independence, the Church of England was made the established religion. After a few years of peace and prosperity there came another attack upon the proprietors which culminated in the revolution of 1719 and the downfall of proprietary rule. Acting on the advice of Chief Justice Nicholas Trott (1663-1740) the proprietors adopted a reactionary policy, vetoed several popular laws, and refused to afford protection from the attacks of the Indians. The people rebelled, overthrew the existing government and elected their leader James Moore (1667-1723) as governor. .The result of the revolution was accepted in England, and the colony at once came under royal control, although the rights of the proprietors were not extinguished by purchase until 1729. Theoretically South Carolina and North Carolina constituted a single province, but, as the settlements were far apart, there were always separate local governments.^ THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
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 Until 1691 each had its own governors, from 1691 to 1712 there was usually a governor at Charleston and a deputy for the northern settlements, and after 1712 there were again separate governors. The first attempt to define the boundary was made in 1732, but the work was not completed until 1815.
The change from proprietary to royal government scarcely affected at all the constitutional development of the province. The popular branch of the assembly continued to encroach upon the powers of the governor and council. By 1760 the council had almost ceased to exercise any real control over legislation. They rarely initiated or amended a bill of any kind, never a revenue measure. Public officials chosen nominally by the General Assembly were really the nominees of the lower house. In the conduct of his executive functions the governor found himself constantly hampered by committees of the Assembly. In other words, whether they were conscious of the fact or not, the South Carolinians throughout the colonial era were tending towards independence. The demands of the British government after 1760 were not especially unreasonable or tyrannical, but they were made upon a people who were too long accustomed to having their own way. As the spirit of rebellion developed the sentiment in favour of colonial union gained in strength. Thomas Lynch (c. 1720-1776), Christopher Gadsden (1724-1805), and John Rutledge (1739-1800) attended the Stamp Act Congress of 1765, an intercolonial committee of correspondence was appointed in 1773, and delegates were sent to the Continental Congress in 1774 and 1775. A council of safety appointed by a Provincial Congress practically took charge of the government in June 1775. The Assembly was formally dissolved on the 15th of September, Governor William Campbell (d. 1778) fled from the town, and royal government came to an end. In the conflict with the mother country the people had the advantage of long experience in fighting. There had been wars with the Spanish in 1686, 1702-04, 1740, with the Spanish and French in 1706, with pirates in 1718, with the Yemassee Indians in 1715 and the Cherokees in 1760-61, and a slave uprising in 1739. The state suffered severely during the War of Independence, the numbers and influence of the Loyalists serving to embitter the conflict. .In the summer of 1776 the British, under Sir Henry Clinton and Sir Peter Parker attempted to capture Charleston and summon the South Carolina Loyalists to their standard, but on the 28th of June the fleet was repulsed in an assault on Fort Moultrie.^ Charleston (South Carolina) .
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 Clinton returned, however, early in 1780, and, as he surrounded the city on all sides with an overwhelming force, General Benjamin Lincoln, who was defending it with about 7000 men, surrendered (May 12) to avoid certain destruction. The British thereupon overran the whole state, and until near the close of the war a new American army, first under Horatio Gates and later under Nathanael Greene, was engaged in driving them out. The principal engagements fought within the state were Camden (Aug. 16, 1780), King's Mountain (Oct. 7, 1780), Hobkirk's Hill (April 25, 1781), and Eutaw Springs (Sept. 8, 1781).
.The most significant feature in the early history of the state was the struggle between the Low Country, which centred about Charleston, and the Up Country, which was settled largely by Scotch-Irish, who came down the mountain valleys from North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania.^ RABUN AND STEPHENS. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...
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 The great planters of the low country had wealth, the small farmers of the up country had numbers. Under the first state constitution, adopted in March 1776, the low country element maintained the ascendancy which they had possessed during the colonial period. In 1786 they were forced to consent to the removal of the seat of government to Columbia (final removal, 1790) and in 1808 to a reapportionment of the representation, based partly on wealth and partly on numbers. There was to be one representative for every sixty-second part of the whole number of white inhabitants of the state and one for every sixty-second part of the taxes raised by the legislature. More harmonious relations were in time established, partly because of improvements in the methods of transport, but mainly as a result of outside pressure in the form of criticism of slavery and the adoption by the national government of an economic policy which favoured the manufacturers at the expense of the agricultural interests. In 1832 there was a majority from each section in favour of Nullification, and the legislature called the famous Nullification Convention, which met at Charleston the 19th of November, and five days later passed the Ordinance of Nullification declaring that certain acts of Congress imposing import duties " are unauthorized by the Constitution of the United States and violate the true meaning and intent thereof, and are null and void and no law, nor binding upon this state, its officers or citizens." President Jackson was ready to use force against the state; and the tariff, over which the whole disagreement had arisen, was changed in such a way as to effect a compromise with the state. From about 1828 to 1861 South Carolina superseded Virginia as the leader of the South. She stood for states' rights and free trade. John C. Calhoun was her political philosopher and George McDuffie her political economist. Her secession, on the 29th of December 1860, was followed by the formation of the Southern Confederacy, the bombardment of Fort Sumter (April 12, 1861) and the Civil War (1861-65). Although few battles were fought within her limits, because of the distance from the frontier, South Carolina made many sacrifices in the interest of her section. With a white population of 291,300 at the beginning of the conflict, the state put into the field during the four years 62,838 effective men, with an enrolment, including reserves, of 71,083, of whom 2 2% were killed on the field or died in prison. General W. T. Sherman's march across the state (February - March, 1865) was accomplished by an enormous destruction of property by fire and pillage.
All the misfortunes of the war itself are insignificant when compared with the sufferings of the people during the era of Reconstruction (1865-1871). In accordance with the liberal views of President Andrew Johnson, the white people assumed control of affairs shortly after the close of hostilities, and James L. Orr (1822-1873) was chosen governor. Congress reversed this policy (1867), disfranchised the majority of the whites and transferred political power to negroes, Northern adventurers and disreputable native whites. There followed an orgy of crime and corruption. The Assembly Hall was furnished with clocks costing $600 dollars each, sofas at $200, and other articles in proportion. A restaurant and bar were kept in the State House at which the members of the legislature and their friends could procure refreshments free of cost. The debt of the state was increased from $5,000,000 in 1868 to more than $18,000,000 in 1872. Crime among the negroes became so frequent that the whites were compelled to form a secret organization for protection (see Ku Klux Klan). In the spring of 1868 the state adopted a new constitution in conformity with the Reconstruction Acts of Congress, and elected state officers and congressmen, and on the 25th of June the state was readmitted to the Union. The inauguration of General Wade Hampton (1818-1902) as governor, and the final withdrawal of United States troops in 1877, marked the downfall of negro rule.
The political history of the state since 1877 presents some interesting features. Practically the entire white population is Democratic, partly for historical reasons and partly because of a feeling that union is necessary to maintain white supremacy. The old warfare between the Up Country and the Low Country has been renewed in a modified form in the conflict between Reformers and Conservatives. The triumph of the Reformers culminated in the founding of Clemson Agricultural College (1889), the establishment of the state dispensary system for the sale of intoxicating liquors (1893), the election of Benjamin R. Tillman (b. 1847) to the United States Senate (1894) over M. C. Butler (1836-1909), and the work of the constitutional convention of 1895.
William Sayle
1670-1671
Joseph West. (chosen by the council)
1671-1672
Sir John Yeamans
1672-1674
Joseph West
16 74 -1682
Joseph Morton
1682-1684
Richard Kyrle
1684
Robert Quarry (chosen by the council)
1684-1685
Joseph West
1685
Joseph Morton
1685-1686
James Colleton
1686-1690
Seth Sothell
1690-1692
Philip Ludwell
1692-1693
Thomas Smith
16 93 -1694
Joseph Blake (chosen by the council)
1694
John Archdale
1694-1696
Joseph Blake
196-1700
James Moore. (chosen by the council)
1700-1702
Sir Nathaniel Johnson
1702-1710
Edward Tynte .
1710
Robert Gibbes. (chosen by the council)
1710 -1711
Charles Craven
1711 -1716
Robert Daniel .(deputy-governor)
1716-1717
Robert Johnson
1717-1719
Royal Period (1719-1776)
James Moore.. (elected by the people)
1719-1721
Sir Francis Nicholson
1721-1729
Arthur Middleton (president of the council and
acting-governor)
1724-1729
Robert Johnson .
1729-1735
Thomas Broughton.. (lieutenant-governor)
1735-1737
William Bull.. (president of the council,
lieutenant-governor)
1737-1743
James Glen. .
1743-1756
William Henry Lyttleton. .
1756-1760
William Bull, the 2nd.. (lieutenant-governor)
1760-1761
Thomas Boone. .
1761-1764
William Bull, the 2nd. (lieutenant-governor)
1764-1766
Lord Charles Greville Montague
1766-1768
William Bull, the 2nd.. (lieutenant-governor)
1768
Lord Charles Greville Montague
1768-1769
William Bull, the 2nd.. (lieutenant-governor)
1769-1771
Lord Charles Greville Montague
1771-1773
William Bull, the 2nd.. (lieutenant-governor)
1773-1775
Lord William Campbell
1775
Henry Laurens (president of the council of safety)
1775-1776
Statehood Period (1776-)
John Rutledge.. (president)
1776-1778
Rawlins Lowndes. (president)
1778-1779
John Rutledge .
1779-1782
John Matthewes .
1782-1783
Benjamin Guerard
1783-1785
William Moultrie .
1785-1787
Thomas Pinckney
1787-1789
Charles Pinckney Democrat-Republican
1789-1792
William Moultrie
1792-1794
Arnoldus Vanderhorst
1794-1796
Charles Pinckney .
1796-1798
Edward Rutledge
1798-1800
John Drayton .
1800-1802
James B. Richardson .
1802-1804
Paul Hamilton .
1804-1806
Charles Pinckney
1806-1808
John Drayton .
1808-1810
Henry Middleton
1810-1812
Joseph Alston .
1812-1814
Governors Of South Carolina Proprietary Period (1670-1719) David R. Williams Democrat-Republican1814-1816Andrew Pickens1816-1818John Geddes1818-1820Thomas Bennett1820-1822John L. Wilson1822-1824Richard I. Manning1824-1826John Taylor.1826-1828Stephen D. Miller Democrat1828-1830James Hamilton, jun.1830-1832Robert Y. Hayne1832-1834George McDuffie1834-1836Pierce M. Butler1836-1838Patrick Noble.1838-1840B. K. Henegan. (acting) 1840 John P. Richardson1840-1842James H. Hammond1842-1844William Aiken.1844-1846David Johnson.1846-1848Whitemarsh B. Seabrook1848-1850John H. Means.1850-1852John L. Manning1852-1854James H. Adams1854-1856Robert F. W. Allston1856-1858William H. Gist1858-1860Francis W. Pickens1860-1862Milledge L. Bonham1862-1864Andrew G. McGrath 1864-1865 Benjamin F. Perry (provi sional) 1865 James L. Orr. Conservative1865-1868Gen. Edward R. S. Canby (military governor) 1868 Robert K. Scott.. Republican1868-1872Franklin J. Moses, jun.1872-1874Daniel H. Chamberlain1874-1876Wade Hampton. Democrat1876-1879William D. Simpson (acting)1879-1880Thomas D. Jeter (acting) 1880 Johnson Hagood1880-1882Hugh S. Thompson1882-1886John C. Sheppard (acting) 1886 John P. Richardson.1886-1890Benjamin R. Tillman.1890-1894John G. Evans.1894-1897William H. Ellerbe.1897-1899Miles B. McSweeney.1899-1903Duncan C. Heyward.1903-1907Martin F. Ansel..1907-1911Coleman L. Blease. 1911 Bibliography - For general description see Michael Tuomey, Report on the Geology of South Carolina (Columbia, 1848); the Handbook of South Carolina; Resources, Institutions, and Industries of the State, published by the State Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Immigration (Columbia, 1907; 2nd ed., 1908); the Annual Reports (1904 seq.) of the same department and its other publications; and W. G. Simms, Geography of South Carolina (Charleston, 1843). For administration see D. D. Wallace, The Civil Government of South Carolina (Dallas, 1906); E. L. Whitney, Government of the Colony of South Carolina, in Johns Hopkins University Studies, vol. xiii. .(Baltimore, 1895); B. J. Ramage, Local Government and Free Schools in South Carolina, in Johns Hopkins University Studies, vol.^ Find a Rental Post a FREE Rental Ad Find a Property Manager Manager Sign In South Carolina .
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 i. No. 12 (Baltimore, 1883); Colyer Meriwether, History of Higher Education in South Carolina (Washington, 1889), in Circulars of Information of the United States Bureau of Education, No. 3. There is no general history of South Carolina. The standard work for the colonial period is Edward McCrady's The History of South Carolina under the Proprietary Government,1670-1719 (New York, 1897) and his History of South Carolina under the Royal Government, 1719-1776 (ibid. 1899), which are accurate and interesting, but neglect the manuscript sources at Columbia. .Older histories are Alexander Hewatt, Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia (London, 1779), freely used by later writers; David Ramsay, History of South Carolina ( 2 vols., Charleston, 1809), little more than a reprint, without acknowledgments, of Hewatt; and William J. Rivers, Sketch of the History of South Carolina to the Close of the Proprietary Government, 1719 (Charleston, 1856), which was utilized by McCrady in his first volume and was the first history of the colony based on the documents in the Public Records Office.^ Find a Rental Post a FREE Rental Ad Find a Property Manager Manager Sign In South Carolina .
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 See also E. L. Whitney, " Bibliography of the Colonial History of South Carolina," in Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1894 (Washington, 1895). More distinctly legal and political in character are three doctors' monographs: Edson L. Whitney, Government of the Colony of South Carolina (Baltimore, 1895), based too exclusively on the statutes; D. D. Wallace, Constitutional History of South Carolina from 1725 to 1775 (Abbeville, S. C., 1899; new ed., 1908), a very brief summary; and W. Roy Smith, South Carolina as a Royal Province, 1719-1776 (New York, 1903), based on the manuscript sources at Columbia. The standard work for the War of Independence is Edward McCrady, The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1776-1783 (2 vols., New York, 1901-1902). Older books on the subject are David Ramsay, History of the Revolution of South Carolina from a British Colony to an Independent State (2 vols., Trenton, 1785); William Moultrie, Memoirs of the American Revolution, so far as it related to the States of North and South Carolina and Georgia (2 vols., New York, 1802); John Drayton, Memoirs of the American Revolution relating to the State of South Carolina (2 vols., Charleston, 1821); and R. W. Gibbes, Documentary History of the American Revolution (3 vols., Columbia, 1853; New York, 1857). Very little has been written on the period since 1783. David F. Houston, Critical Study of Nullification in South Carolina (New York, 1896), is a concise, scholarly work. Hermann von Holst's John C. Calhoun (Boston, 1892), is written from the extreme nationalistic and anti-slavery point of view. For the Civil War and Reconstruction, see James Ford Rhodes, History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 (5 vols., New York, 1893-1904); James S. Pike, The Prostrate State; or South Carolina under Negro Government (New York, 1874); Carl Schurz, Report on the States of South Carolina, Georgia, &c. (Washington, 1865, being 39th Congress, 1st session, Sen. Ex. Doc. 2); Hilary A. Herbert and others, Why the Solid South? (Baltimore, 1890); and John P. Hollis, The Early Period of Reconstruction in South Carolina (Baltimore, 1905), containing an excellent discussion of the period from 1865 to 1868. For the religious history see Frederick Dalcho, An Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina from the first Settlement of the Province to the War of the Revolution (Charleston, 1820); G. D. Bernheim, History of the German Settlements and of the Lutheran Church in North and South Carolina (Philadelphia, 1872). An excellent monograph on the controversy between the Up Country and the Low Country is William A. Schaper, Sectionalism and Representation in South Carolina (Washington, 1901). Among the chief printed sources are the North Carolina Colonial Records (10 vols., Raleigh, 1886-1890), useful for the early period; B. R. Carroll, Historical Collections of South Carolina (2 vols., New York, 1836); and the South Carolina Historical Society Collections (5 vols., Charleston, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1887 and 1897 - vol. v. contains the Shaftesbury Papers).


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From Latin Carolus, Latin form of King Charles I of England.

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South Carolina
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  1. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Columbia.

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State of South Carolina
Flag of South Carolina State seal of South Carolina
Flag of South Carolina SealImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif
Nickname(s)Image:Wp_globe_tiny.gif: The Palmetto State
Motto(s)Image:Wp_globe_tiny.gif: Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope) and
Animis opibusque parati (Ready in soul and resource)
Map of the United States with South Carolina highlighted
Official language(s)Image:Wp_globe_tiny.gif English
CapitalImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif Columbia
Largest cityImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif Columbia
Largest metro areaImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif Columbia
AreaImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif  Ranked 40thImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif
 - Total 34,726 sq miImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif
(82,965 km²Image:Wp_globe_tiny.gif)
 - Width 200 miles (320 kmImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif)
 - Length 260 miles (420 km)
 - % water 6
 - Latitude 32° 2′ N to 35° 13′ N
 - Longitude 78° 32′ W to 83° 21′ W
PopulationImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif  Ranked 24thImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif
 - Total (2000Image:Wp_globe_tiny.gif) 4,012,012
 - DensityImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif 133.2/sq mi 
51.45/km² (21st)
 - Median incomeImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif  $39,326 (39th)
ElevationImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif  
 - Highest point Sassafras Mountain[1]
3,560 ft  (1,085 m)
 - Mean 350 ft  (110 m)
 - Lowest point Atlantic Ocean[1]
0 ft  (0 m)
Admission to UnionImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif  May 23, 1788 (8th)
GovernorImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif Mark Sanford (R)
U.S. SenatorsImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif Lindsey Graham (R)
Jim DeMint (R)
Congressional DelegationImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif ListImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif
Time zoneImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Abbreviations SCImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif Image:Wp_globe_tiny.gif US-SCImage:Wp_globe_tiny.gif
Web site www.sc.gov
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South Carolina (IPA: /ˌsɑʊθˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə/) is a state in the southeastern region of the United States of America.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

 ^ South Carolina is one of the original states of the United States of America.
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 ^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .

 .The Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence from the British Crown during the American Revolution.^ South Carolina Colony Map from 1775 .

 ^ Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence from the British Crown during the American Revolution.
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 ^ Several military campaigns were fought in South Carolina during the American Revolution .
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 .It was the first state to secede from the Union and was part of the Confederate States of America.^ South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union and was a founding state of the Confederate States of America.
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 ^ In 1788 South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, and in 1860 it became the first state to secede from the Union.
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 ^ As the first state to secede, the first state to ratify the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, and the first state to fire shots during the Civil War, South Carolina received particularly harsh treatment when Union General William T. Sherman and his troops subdued her in 1864.
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 .The state is named after King Charles II of England, as Carolus is Latin for Charles.^ The colony was originally named in honor of King Charles II of England, Scotland, and Ireland, as Carolus is Latin for Charles.
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 ^ The state is named after Emperor Chuck E. Cheese , as Carolus is Latin for Charles which is Bohemian for Chuck.
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 ^ South Carolina Trivia: King Charles I of England granted the land on which South Carolina is located to Sir Robert Heath in 1629.
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 According to 2005 estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau, the state's population is 4,321,249.

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Geography

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.South Carolina is bounded to the north by North Carolina; to the south and west by Georgia, located across the Savannah River; and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean.^ Some branches went to North and South Carolina and points west.
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 ^ South Carolina is an eastern U.S. state that borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north.
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 ^ It is bounded eastward by North Carolina and the Atlantic, with a coast line of 200 miles; Georgia lies to the west and North Carolina bounds it on the north.
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.South Carolina is composed of four geographic areas, whose boundaries roughly parallel the northeast/southwest Atlantic coastline.^ South Carolina is composed of four geographic areas, whose boundaries roughly parallel the northeast/southwest Atlantic coastline.
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 ^ South Carolina was the first of the thirteen colonies to establish a constitution and elect a president, four months before the signing of the Declaration.
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 .The lower part of the state is the Coastal Plain, also known as the Lowcountry, which is nearly flat and composed entirely of recent sediments such as sand, silt, and clay.^ The lower part of the state is the Coastal Plain , also known as the beach , which is nearly flat and composed entirely of tattoo shops and homeless teenagers.
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 ^ Just west of the coastal plain is the Sand Hills region, which is thought to contain remnants of old coastal dunes from a time when the land was sunken or the oceans were higher.
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 ^ The Coastal Plain province comprises the southern and eastern thirds of the state, and its elevation varies from sea level to about 300 feet (90 metres).
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 .Areas with better drainage make excellent farmland, though some land is swampy.^ Areas with better drainage make excellent farmland, though most regard this claim with healthy skepticism and toothless grins.
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 ^ Some parts are rugged, such as the Uwharrie Mountains, and many areas are distinguished by trellised drainage patterns.
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 ^ The low terraces are mostly forested , although some cropland or pasture occurs in some areas that are better drained.
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 .The coastline contains many salt marshes and estuaries, as well as natural ports such as Georgetown and Charleston.^ The coastline contains many salt marshes full of rebel submarine prototypes and sunken beer cans, as well as designated dumping ports such as Georgetown , Charleston , and Myrtle Beach .
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 ^ That description contains additional maps, as well as information on the physiography, geology, soil, potential natural vegetation, and the land use and land cover of the ecoregion.
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 ^ Salt marshes are dominated by saltmarsh and saltmeadow cordgrasses and black needlerush, while the freshwater marshes of upper Currituck Sound contain bulrush, cattail, sawgrass, and big cordgrass.
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 .An unusual feature of the coastal plain is a large number of Carolina bays, the origins of which are uncertain, though one prominent theory suggests that they were created by a meteor shower.^ In 1690 a large number of Huguenots , or French Protestants, settled in the colony, and afterwards a considerable number of Swiss, Irish, and German emigrants made their way to South Carolina.

 ^ Two of the original ships were lost in storms, but on 15 March 1670, the Carolina and her new sister ships anchored in what is now called Bull's Bay.
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 ^ South Carolina is one of the original states of the United States of America.
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 The bays tend to be oval, lining up in a northwest to southeast orientation.
Palmetto State
State Capital: Columbia
State Mottos: Dum spiro spero
(While I breathe, I hope)
and Animis opibusque parati
(Prepared in Mind and Resources)
State Songs: "Carolina" and
"South Carolina On My Mind"
State Tree: Sabal palmetto
State Flower: Yellow Jessamine
State Bird: Carolina Wren
State Wild Game Bird: Wild Turkey
State Dog: Boykin Spaniel
State Animal: White-tailed Deer
State Reptile: Loggerhead Sea Turtle
State Amphibian: Spotted Salamander
State Fish: Striped Bass
State Insect: Carolina Mantid
State Butterfly: Eastern tiger swallowtail
State Fruit: Peach[2]
State Beverage: Milk[3]
State Hospitality
Beverage:		 Tea[4]
State Gemstone: Amethyst
State Stone: Blue Granite
State Popular Music: Beach Music
State Dance: Shag
State Snack: Boiled peanuts[5]
State Craft: Sweetgrass Basket weaving
.Just west of the coastal plain is the Sandhills region, which is thought to contain remnants of old coastal dunes from a time when the land was sunken or the oceans were higher.^ Just west of the coastal plain is the Sand Hills region, which is thought to contain remnants of old coastal dunes from a time when the land was sunken or the oceans were higher.
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 ^ The Sea Islands/Coastal Marsh region contains the lowest elevations in South Carolina and is a highly dynamic environment affected by ocean wave, wind , and river action.
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 ^ The region appears to be biologically less diverse than the coastal plain regions 65l and 63h to the south.
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.The Piedmont (Upstate) region contains the roots of an ancient, eroded mountain chain.^ As a transitional region from the Blue Ridge (66) to the Piedmont, it contains some mountain outliers, and it receives more rainfall than 45b and 45c.
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 ^ Streams tend to have higher gradients than in the Outer Piedmont regions, and contain many mountain-type macroinvertebrate species.
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 ^ The region contains more Virginia pine and less shortleaf pine than 45b and 45c, more chestnut oak, and many mountain disjunct plant species.
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 .It tends to be hilly, with thin, stony clay soils, and contains few areas suitable for farming.^ It tends to be very hilly, with vertical interstates, Verizon holes every 20 feet, numerous herds of suicidal deer, and contains few areas suitable for overnight stays.
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 ^ Nonriverine Swamps and Peatlands are flat, poorly drained areas containing organic soils of peat and muck.
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 ^ There are a few small areas of pasture, apple orchards, Fraser fir Christmas tree farms, or minor cropland.
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 .Much of the Piedmont was once farmed, with little success.^ Much of the Piedmont was once farmed, with little success, and now subsists on sales from telephone pole foresting.
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 It is now reforested. .At the southeastern edge of the Piedmont is the fall line, where rivers drop to the coastal plain.^ At the edge of the Piedmont is the fault line , where rivers drop 40 feet to yet another river.
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 ^ At the eastern boundary, the Fall Line is a broad transition zone where Piedmont rocks occur on the same landscape with Coastal Plain sediments.
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 ^ Brownwater floodplains originate in or cross the Piedmont (45) and the sediments contain more weatherable minerals than the blackwater floodplains that have their watersheds entirely within the coastal plain.
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 .The fall line was an important early source of water power.^ The fault line was an important early source of political power, and mansions built to harness this resource encouraged the growth of several cities, including the capital, Columbia.
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 .Mills built to harness this resource encouraged the growth of several cities, including the capital, Columbia.^ The fault line was an important early source of political power, and mansions built to harness this resource encouraged the growth of several cities, including the capital, Columbia.
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 The larger rivers are navigable up to the fall line, providing a trade route for mill towns.
.The northwestern part of the Piedmont is also known as the Foothills.^ The upper part of the Piedmont is also known as the "Boonies".
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 .The Cherokee Parkway is a scenic driving route through this area.^ The Cherokee’s Parkway is a "scenic driving route" through this area.
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 ^ SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. REMEMBER...
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 .This is where Table Rock State Park is located.^ Near Table Rock St. Park (1) .
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 ^ ClassBrain helps you check out all of the National Parks that are located in your state.
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 ^ Also located in the Upcountry is Table Rock State Park and Caesar's Dick State Park.
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.Highest in elevation is the Upstate, containing an escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which continue into North Carolina and Georgia, as part of the southern Appalachian chain.^ South Carolina is home to waterfalls, lakes, and the Blue Ridge mountains as well as amazing beaches and coastal resorts.
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 ^ These notices are for people who lived in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri, and Texas.
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 ^ The southern Blue Ridge is one of the richest centers of biodiversity in the eastern U.S. It is one of the most floristically diverse ecoregions, and includes Appalachian oak forests, northern hardwoods, and, at the highest elevations in Tennessee and North Carolina, Southeastern spruce-fir forests.
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 .Sassafras Mountain, South Carolina's highest point at 3,560 feet (1,085 m) is located in this area.^ South Carolina Trivia: King Charles I of England granted the land on which South Carolina is located to Sir Robert Heath in 1629.
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 ^ South Carolina State University (also known as SCSU , State College among the older alumni members, or simply State), is a Historically black university located in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
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 ^ South Carolina is home to waterfalls, lakes, and the Blue Ridge mountains as well as amazing beaches and coastal resorts.
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 [1] .Also located in the Upcountry is Table Rock State Park and Caesars Head State Park.^ Near Table Rock St. Park (1) .
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 ^ ClassBrain helps you check out all of the National Parks that are located in your state.
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 ^ Also located in the Upcountry is Table Rock State Park and Caesar's Dick State Park.
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 .The Chattooga River, located on the border between South Carolina and Georgia, is a favorite whitewater rafting destination.^ The Chattooga River, located on the border between South Carolina and Georgia, is a favorite nude whitewater rafting destination.
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 ^ Browse all south carolina Destinations: .
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 ^ South Carolina Trivia: King Charles I of England granted the land on which South Carolina is located to Sir Robert Heath in 1629.
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Areas under the management of the National Park Service include:

Climate

.South Carolina has a humid subtropical climate (Koppen climate classification Cfa), although high elevation areas in the "Upstate" area have less subtropical characteristics than areas on the Atlantic coastline.^ South Carolina has the best climate in...
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 ^ We are experienced with moving both residential relocation to South Carolina, corporate relocation, employee relocation to South Carolina, commercial relocation to South Carolina and military relocation to South Carolina including the surrounding SC areas.

 ^ South Carolina a former slave state that has less than 4.5 million people and a median income of under $40,000/year, 39th in the U.S. 92% of the state’s residents are Christian, and the gross state product is around $150 billion.
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 .In the summer, South Carolina is hot and humid with daytime temperatures averaging between 86-92 °F (30-33 °C) in most of the state and overnight lows over 70 °F (21 °C) on the coast and in the high 60s°F (near 20 °C) further inland.^ South Carolina 7 - Connecticut 20 .
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 ^ South Carolina is my home state.
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 ^ South Carolina Weather: South Carolina has mild winters with plenty of humidity in its long, hot summers.
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 .Winter temperatures are much less uniform in South Carolina.^ See South Carolina temperature charts .
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 ^ South Carolina Weather: South Carolina has mild winters with plenty of humidity in its long, hot summers.
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 ^ South Carolina has a solar rating of Good, so with that much sun falling on your solar panels, the system should pay for itself in about 20 years.
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 .Coastal areas of the state have very mild winters with high temperatures approaching an average of 60 °F (16 °C) and overnight lows in the 40s°F (5-8 °C).^ Temperatures tend to be higher on the coast, with colder conditions in the mountains, though on average the winters are short and mild.
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 ^ Aug 2, 2006, 16:32 PST SC Natural Resources Climate of South Carolina Learn about the climate in the state of South Carolina, including temperature averages and climate extremes.
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 Further inland in the higher country, the average January overnight low can be below freezing. .While precipitation is abundant the entire year in almost the entire state, near the coast tends to have a slightly wetter summer, while inland March tends to be the wettest month.^ Registration Statement for a Charitable Organization This form is used by the charitable organization to register with the Secretary of State's Office on an annual basis (4 months after the close of the charitable organization's fiscal year).
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 ^ To register one had to be a state resident for 2 years, a county resident for 1 year, and a precinct resident for 4 monthsand to have paid a poll tax 6 months in advance.
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 ^ Similar to 63d, the region contains marshes , dunes, beaches, and barrier islands, but it tends to be slightly warmer and wetter.
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.Snowfall in South Carolina is not very excessive with coastal areas receiving less than an inch (2.5 cm) on average.^ She began here in August 2009 after receiving her Pre and Post-Licensing education from the Real Estate School for Success in Columbia, South Carolina.
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 ^ South Carolina a former slave state that has less than 4.5 million people and a median income of under $40,000/year, 39th in the U.S. 92% of the state’s residents are Christian, and the gross state product is around $150 billion.
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 ^ South Carolina is home to waterfalls, lakes, and the Blue Ridge mountains as well as amazing beaches and coastal resorts.
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 .It isn't uncommon for areas on the coast (especially the southern coast) to receive no recordable snowfall in a given year, although it usually receives at least a small dusting of snow annually.^ If no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote in the 10 June primary, a runoff will be held between the top two vote-getters on Tuesday 24 June.
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 ^ The Southern Sedimentary Ridges in North Carolina consist of small areas near the Tennessee border in western Ashe, Watauga, Mitchell, Yancy, and Madison counties.
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 .The interior receives a little more snow, although nowhere in the state averages more than 6 inches (15 cm) of snow a year.^ Annual precipitation of over 100 inches can occur in the wettest areas, while dry basins can average as little as 40 inches.
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 ^ Over the years, Pulte Homes has won more JD Power and Associates® awards for customer satisfaction than any other new home builder.
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 ^ Depending on the number of hours earned, students may be expected to maintain a cumulative grade point average that is higher than 1.40 or more.
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The state is prone to tropical cyclones. .This is an annual concern during hurricane season, which is from June-November.^ The Blue Lady is most reported during the hurricane seasons.
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 ^ Hours during strawberry season: Mid-April to early June, 8AM-8PM, Monday to Saturday.
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 The peak time of vulnerability for the southeast Atlantic coast is from early August to early October when the Cape Verde hurricane season lasts. .South Carolina averages around 50 days of thunderstorm activity a year, which is less than some of the states further south, and it is slightly less vulnerable to tornadoes than the states which border on the Gulf of Mexico.^ South Carolina has two state mottos.
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 ^ South Carolina is my home state.
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 ^ The South Carolina legislature has taken some important, though small steps toward developing renewable energies in general and solar power in particular.
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 .Still, some notable tornadoes have struck South Carolina and the state averages around 14 tornadoes annually.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

 ^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .

 ^ South Carolina has two state mottos.
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 [6]
Monthly Normal High and Low Temperatures For Various South Carolina Cities
City Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Charleston 59/37 62/39 69/46 76/52 83/61 88/68 91/72 89/72 85/67 77/55 70/46 62/39
Columbia 55/34 60/36 67/44 76/51 83/60 89/68 92/72 90/71 85/65 76/52 67/43 58/36
Greenville 50/31 55/34 63/40 71/47 78/56 85/64 89/69 87/68 81/62 71/50 61/41 53/34
[2]

History

Main article: History of South Carolina
.The colony of Carolina was settled by English settlers, mostly from Barbados, sent by the Lords Proprietors in 1670, followed by French Huguenots.^ His son, King Charles II, changed the spelling of the regions name to Carolina in 1663, when he gave the land to the eight Lords Proprietors.
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 ^ John Locke , later a noted English political philosopher, was secretary and physician to one of the Lords Proprietors , Anthony, Lord Ashley.
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 ^ The colonial legislature led and consolidated public opinion against British governance of South Carolina by advocating the rights and privileges of the settlers.
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 .Most immigrants in the colonial period were African slaves, who constituted a majority of the colony's population throughout the period.^ The burials of elderly persons in the first few decades of the first register are for persons who were born in the colonial period.
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 ^ Counties were established in the colonial period primarily for locating land grants, with most other governmental activities being centralized in Charleston.
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 ^ The following sections trace the colonial developments in South Carolina and identify the major influences on South Carolinas first state constitution.
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 .The Carolina upcountry was settled largely by Scots-Irish migrants from Pennsylvania and Virginia, following the Great Wagon Road.^ Dems Pennsylvania: Dems North Carolina: Dems Indiana: Dems West Virginia: Dems Oregon: Dems Kentucky: Dems .
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 .The formal colony of "The Carolinas" split into two in 1712. South Carolina became a royal colony in 1729. The state declared its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government on March 15, 1776.^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .

 ^ South Carolina adopted its first state constitution March 26, 1776.
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 ^ South Carolina is my home state.
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 .On February 5, 1778, South Carolina became the first state to ratify the first constitution of the United States - the Articles of Confederation.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

 ^ South Carolina is one of the original states of the United States of America.
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 ^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .

 .The current United States Constitution was proposed for adoption by the States on September 17, 1787, and South Carolina was the 8th state to ratify it, on May 23, 1788.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

 ^ South Carolina is one of the original states of the United States of America.
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 ^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .
.South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

 ^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .

 ^ South Carolinas Ordinance of Secession was adopted and signed in Charleston on December 20, 1860.
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 .On April 12, 1861, Confederate batteries began shelling Fort Sumter and the American Civil War began.^ On April 12, 1861, a bunch of drunken college students opened up their batteries and began shelling of the gays on Fort Sumter, which stands on an island in Charleston harbor, thus precipitating the Civil War .
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 ^ Powdersville - Three Bridges Road - Eloise was a slave during the civil war; Powdersville is noted for being the are where confederate soldiers kept the gunpowder.
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 ^ Meanwhile, the suppressed Loyalists began guerilla raids on Patriot farms, and local civil war broke out in several areas.
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 .Charleston was effectively blockaded and the Union Navy seized the Sea Islands, driving off the plantation owners and setting up an experiment in freedom for the ex-slaves.^ During the colonial and antebellum periods in the 1700's and 1800's, a plantation agriculture economy dominated the region, producing rice, indigo, and Sea Island cotton.
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 ^ Dataw Island, South Carolina Community Between Savannah and Charleston, theres a historic haven on the Carolina coast, a place where the fertile soil that hosted indigo and cotton on an antebellum plantation is still home to a rich experience.
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 ^ LOCATION. LOCATION. LOCATION. The well-known expression has become a well-known fact in the real estate communityespecially in Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island...

 .South Carolina troops participated in the major Confederate campaigns, but no major battles were fought inland.^ Unlike methlabs across the South, South Carolina meth labs are run by major pharmaceutical companies like this Bristol-Myers Squibb plant in Ridgeway, South Carolina.
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 ^ Originally part of the Province of Carolina and one of the original Thirteen Colonies, South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union and founded the Confederate States of America .
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 ^ As the first state to secede, the first state to ratify the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, and the first state to fire shots during the Civil War, South Carolina received particularly harsh treatment when Union General William T. Sherman and his troops subdued her in 1864.
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 .General William Tecumseh Sherman marched through the state in early 1865, destroying numerous plantations, and captured the state capital of Columbia on February 17.^ As the first state to secede, the first state to ratify the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, and the first state to fire shots during the Civil War, South Carolina received particularly harsh treatment when Union General William T. Sherman and his troops subdued her in 1864.
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 ^ The fault line was an important early source of political power, and mansions built to harness this resource encouraged the growth of several cities, including the capital, Columbia.
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 ^ Nevertheless, the legislature relocated the capital from Charleston and created a new one in Columbia in 1786, the geographic center of the state, to symbolize increased statewide unity.
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 Fires began that night and by next morning, most of the central city was destroyed.
.After the war, South Carolina was reincorporated into the United States during Reconstruction.^ South Carolina is one of the original states of the United States of America.
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 ^ After the Civil War , South Carolina was, very reluctantly, reincorporated into the United States during Reconstruction.
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 ^ South Carolina is a police state in the southern region of the United States .
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 .Under presidential Reconstruction (1865-66) Freedmen (former slaves) were given limited rights.^ The negative white reaction to federally mandated changes, especially recognition of rights for former slaves, increased.
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 ^ It also abolished slavery, but it did not define the civil rights of the former slaves satisfactorily.
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 .Under Radical reconstruction (1867-1877), a Republican coalition of Freedmen, Carpetbaggers and Scalawags were in control, supported by Union army forces.^ Whites wanted to end Republican rule in South Carolina as a forced reconstruction of a traditional way of life they did not want to change.
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 ^ In 1866, Radical Republicans gained control in the United States Congress and passed the 1867 Military Reconstruction Act that required new constitutional conventions in states not ratifying the 14 th Amendment.
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 .The withdrawal of Union soldiers as part of the Compromise of 1877 ended Reconstruction and brought an era where conservative white "Redeemers" and pro-business Bourbon Democrats were in control.^ Whites wanted to end Republican rule in South Carolina as a forced reconstruction of a traditional way of life they did not want to change.
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 .The state became a hotbed of racial and economic tensions during the Populist and Agrarian movements of the 1890s.^ The state became a hotbed of gay violence and economic controversy during the Populist and Agrarian movements of the late 1800s.
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 ^ During the 1880s agrarian reform became in issue in South Carolina.
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 .Blacks were disfranchised in 1890, and "Pitchfork Ben Tillman" controlled state politics from the 1890s to 1910 with a base among poor white farmers.^ Acquiring the nickname "Pitchfork Ben," he died an angry old man, and is still said to haunt the upper two floors of Tillman Hall.
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20th century

.In the 20th century, South Carolina developed a thriving textile industry.^ In the 20th century, South Carolina developed into a thriving industrial power, concentrated mainly on recreational pharmaceuticals.
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 ^ Marketing Internetowy May 20th, 2009 at 1:13 am South Carolina Holds Its Own Poll, Still Loses .
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 ^ The 20 th century saw significant changes to South Carolinas constitutional system.
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 By 2007, textile employment had dropped significantly. .The state also converted its agricultural base from cotton to more profitable crops, attracted large military bases and, most recently, attracted European manufacturers.^ South Carolina Economy: With no major professional sports franchise, college sports, NASCAR and golf attract the greatest attention of the state’s rabid fan base.
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 ^ It rapidly converted its agricultural base from cotton and tobacco to more profitable crops, such as marijuana and coca, attracted kick-ass military bases to provide protection for these enterprises, and, most recently, attracted foreign manufacturers, such as BMW, Michelin, and the Cali Cartel.
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 ^ For example, the state had a large debt, and both the legislature and the military governor attempted to manage it.
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Demographics

South Carolina Population Density Map
.South Carolina's center of population is located in Richland County, in the city of Columbia [3].^ Read more Columbia, South Carolina: One of America’s Most Livable Communities With so much to offer its residents, it’s no wonder Columbia, the capital city of South Carolina has frequently been praised as one of America’s bes...
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 ^ She began here in August 2009 after receiving her Pre and Post-Licensing education from the Real Estate School for Success in Columbia, South Carolina.
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 ^ Located minutes south of lakes Marion and Moultrie and 35 minutes from the populated area around Charleston, the Grooms tract offers great access to work and recreation.
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.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2005, South Carolina has an estimated population of 4,255,083, which is an increase of 57,191, or 1.4%, from the prior year and an increase of 243,267, or 6.1%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 97,715 people (that is 295,425 births minus 197,710 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 151,485 people into the state.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

 ^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .

 ^ Population change due to in- and out-migration: .

 .Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 36,401 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 115,084 people.^ Migration within the state produced a net rearrangement of 1534 people.
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 ^ Illegal immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 999 people, while hunting and motorcycle accidents reduced it by 972.
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 ^ Mills decided to return to the states and pursue graduate work in an effort to assist people who were less fortunate, misinformed, and injured as a result of someone else’s negligence.
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{{US .DemogTable|South Carolina|03-45.csv|= | 68.88| 30.01| 0.69| 1.13| 0.10|= | 2.05| 0.26| 0.05| 0.03| 0.02|= | 69.12| 29.68| 0.69| 1.31| 0.10|= | 2.95| 0.27| 0.06| 0.04| 0.02|= | 6.43| 4.89| 6.09| 23.49| 13.76|= | 5.01| 4.87| 4.61| 23.16| 10.36|= | 52.78| 7.64| 23.97| 34.25| 26.89}} The five largest ancestry groups in South Carolina are African American (29.5%), American (13.9%), English (8.4%), German (8.4%) and Irish (7.9%).^ Of the total immigrant population in South Carolina, 29.0 percent entered during the 1990s, and 38.4 percent entered in 2000 or later.

 ^ The above matter will be heard in the Supreme Court of South Carolina on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.
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 ^ In South Carolina, 45.4 percent of immigrants reported Hispanic or Latino origins, compared to 1.9 percent of the native born.

 .For most of South Carolina's history, black slaves, and then their descendants, made up a majority of the state's population.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

 ^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .

 ^ In South Carolina and Mississippi, in fact, the majority of voters were now black.
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 Whites became a majority in the early 20th century, when tens of thousands of blacks moved north in the Great Migration. .Most of the African-American population lives in the Lowcountry (especially the inland Lowcountry) and the Midlands; areas where cotton, rice, and indigo plantations once dominated the landscape.^ The poor rich people (incomes of $100,000-$170,000), primarily of Canadian and British ancestry, live in much of the piedmont and areas where cocaine , marijuana , and indigo plantations once dominated the landscape.
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 ^ Most of the Lowcountry (especially the coastal zone of the Lowcountry) and much of the mountainous upstate are part of the upper class rich; in certain urban and suburban areas.
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 ^ Jim Rice (1953- ), longtime star of the Boston Red Sox who won the American League Most Valuable Player award in 1978.
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 .6.6% of South Carolina's population were reported as under 5 years old, 25.2% under 18, and 12.1% were 65 or older.^ South Carolina's population were reported as under 5, 55.2% under 18, and .000000000000001% were 65 or older.
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 ^ Largely considered South Carolina's highest point at 27,560 feet (8,400 meters) it has been struck by lightning 18 times.
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 ^ William Westmoreland -- (born Spartanburg County, South Carolina) March 26, 1914 – July 18, 2005 ) was the one who nuked Vietnam and Laos .
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Females made up approximately 51.4% of the population in 2000.

Religion

.South Carolina, like most other Southern states, is overwhelmingly Protestant Christian, and has a significantly lower percentage of non-religious people than the national average.^ National forests in South Carolina People .
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 ^ South Carolina is a police state in the southern region of the United States .
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 ^ South Carolina is my home state.
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 The religious affiliations of the people of South Carolina are as follows:
.Interestingly, Sephardic Jews have over a 300 year history in South Carolina [4] [5] [6], especially in and around Charleston [7].^ For all of its history, the rich made up a 100% of South Carolina's population.
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 ^ Read more Welcome to North Charleston, SC With a population of 80,000, North Charleston is the 3rd largest city in South Carolina.
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 ^ South Carolinas Ordinance of Secession was adopted and signed in Charleston on December 20, 1860.
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 .South Carolina had, until around 1830, the largest colony of Jews in North America.^ Originally part of the Province of Carolina and one of the original Thirteen Colonies, South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union and founded the Confederate States of America .
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 ^ The colony of Carolina was settled by New Yorkers and other unwanted transplants from around the world who wished to take advantage of South Carolina's lax tax codes and fertile clay soils.
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 ^ The colonial legislature led and consolidated public opinion against British governance of South Carolina by advocating the rights and privileges of the settlers.
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Economy

.As of 2004, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, South Carolina’s gross state product was $136 billion.^ South Carolina is my home state.
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 ^ Rotary club search Nonprofit groups Lions clubs in South Carolina Kiwanis clubs in South Carolina Foundations (by name) Community foundations (by state) South Carolina Chambers of Commerce Parks & recreation .
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 ^ The South Carolina Auctioneers Association exists to promote the auction method of marketing through professional and ethical auctioneering practices in the state of South Carolina.

 .As of 2000, the per capita income was $24,000, which was 81% of the national average.^ As of 2005, the per capita income was $204.
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 ^ The income per capita is $21,722, which includes all adults and children.
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 ^ Keep the state with one of the lowest per capita tax rates in the nation.
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.Major agricultural outputs of the state are: tobacco, poultry, cattle, dairy products, soybeans, and hogs.^ Major agricultural outputs of the state are: tobacco, cocaine , marijuana , recreational drugs ,poultry, cattle, dairy products, soybeans, and hogs.
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 ^ In terms of revenue generated South Carolina’s top five agricultural products are broilers (young chickens), greenhouse and nursery products, turkeys, cattle and calves and tobacco.
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 .Industrial outputs include: textile goods, chemical products, paper products, machinery, and tourism.^ Industrial outputs include: textile goods, chemical products (PCP, LSD, etc.
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.The state sales tax is 6% for non-grocery goods and 3% for grocery goods.^ The state sales tax is -5 percent.
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 ^ Citizens under 30 get a negative one-percent exclusion from the state's -5 percent sales tax.
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 .Counties have the option to impose an additional 2% sales tax.^ Counties have the option to impose an additional -2 percent sales tax.
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 .[8] Citizens 85 or older get a one-percent exclusion from the state's sales tax.^ The state sales tax is -5 percent.
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 ^ Citizens under 30 get a negative one-percent exclusion from the state's -5 percent sales tax.
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 ^ COLA Projection : As states beceome more "greedy" one can only assume prices (taxes) will increase.
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 .Property tax is administered and collected by local governments with assistance from the South Carolina Department of Revenue.^ Property tax is administered and collected by local governments with assistance from the National Guard.
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 ^ In terms of revenue generated South Carolina’s top five agricultural products are broilers (young chickens), greenhouse and nursery products, turkeys, cattle and calves and tobacco.
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 ^ Read more Welcome to Fort Mill, South Carolina If you are looking to be involved in a small but rapidly expanding local community, the town of Fort Mill is for you.
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 .Both real and personal property are subject to tax.^ Both real and fake property are subject to tax.
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 ^ All South Carolina real estate properties including homes for sale and houses are subject to prior sale or withdrawal.
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 .Approximately two-thirds of county-levied property taxes are used for the support of public education.^ Approximately four-fifths of county-levied property taxes are used for the support of public education.
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 ^ Municipalities levy a tax on property situated within the limits of the municipality for services provided by the municipality.
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 .The passage of a recent state law will replace local property tax funding of education with a statewide 1% sales tax increase.^ The state sales tax is -5 percent.
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 ^ COLA Projection : As states beceome more "greedy" one can only assume prices (taxes) will increase.
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 ^ The tax is paid by individuals, corporations and partnerships owning property within the state.
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 Sales tax on groceries has been reduced to 3%. .Municipalities levy a tax on property situated within the limits of the municipality for services provided by the municipality.^ Municipalities levy a tax on property situated within the limits of the municipality for services provided by the municipality.
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 ^ The tax is paid by individuals, corporations and partnerships owning property within the state.
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 ^ Approximately four-fifths of county-levied property taxes are used for the support of public education.
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 .The tax is paid by individuals, corporations and partnerships owning property within the state.^ The tax is paid by individuals, corporations and partnerships owning property within the state.
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 ^ After 1898 the prospective voter had to read and write any section of the Constitution to the registrars satisfaction and show he owned or paid taxes on property worth $300 or more.
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 ^ To register one had to be a state resident for 2 years, a county resident for 1 year, and a precinct resident for 4 monthsand to have paid a poll tax 6 months in advance.
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 .South Carolina imposes a casual excise tax of 5% on the fair market value of all motor vehicles, motorcycles, boats, motors and airplanes transferred between individuals.^ The maximum casual excise tax is -$300.
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 ^ South Carolina imposes a casual excise tax of -5 percent on the fair market value of all motor vehicles, motorcycles, boats, motors and airplanes transferred between individuals.
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 ^ South Carolina State Website Where to write for birth, death, marriage or divorce records Veterans affairs Social Security Passports Motor vehicles Driver's licenses History .
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 .The maximum casual excise tax is $300. In South Carolina, intangible personal property is exempt from taxation.^ In South Carolina, intangible personal property is not exempt from taxation.
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 ^ The maximum casual excise tax is -$300.
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 ^ South Carolina imposes a casual excise tax of -5 percent on the fair market value of all motor vehicles, motorcycles, boats, motors and airplanes transferred between individuals.
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 There is no inheritance tax.
.Even though the State of South Carolina does not allow legalized casino gambling, it did allow the operation of Video Poker Machines throughout the state with approximately $2 billion dollars per year deposited into the state's coffers.^ South Carolina is my home state.
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 ^ In the state of South Carolina driving a car is still considered a luxury, but everyone owns one anyway due to the low percentage rates of the 1990's Clinton era when you could buy anything at a rate of 6% interest which magically ballooned into 50 years of car payments on a 4 year loan.
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 ^ James F. Byrnes (May 2, 1879 – April 9, 1972) born in Charleston, Secretary of State under President Franklin D. Roosevelt , also served as Sultan of South Carolina and is resposible for making South Carolina what it is today, by legalizing everything.
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 .However, at Midnight on July 1, 2000 a new law took effect which outlawed the operation, ownership and possession of Video Poker Machines in the state with machines required to be shut-off at that time and removed from within the state's borders by July 8 or owners of such machines would face criminal prosecution.^ The new article requires the General Assembly to provide appropriate agencies for the health, welfare, and safety of the lives and property of the people of this State and the conservation of its natural resources.
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 ^ The Yamasee Indians lived originally near the southern margin of the State and perhaps at times within its borders, but they are rather to be connected with the aboriginal history of Georgia.

 ^ A southern convention was convened in Montgomery, Alabama in February, 1861 to frame the new Confederate constitution, elect a president, create a Congress, and put into effect the laws of the United States with which it agreed.
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.Major interstate highways passing through the state include: I-20 which runs from Florence in the east through Columbia to the southwestern border near Aiken; I-26 which runs from Charleston in the southeast through Columbia to the northern border in Spartanburg County; I-77 which runs from York County in the north to Columbia; I-85 which runs from Cherokee County in the north through Greenville to the southwestern border in Oconee County; I-385 which runs from Downtown Greenville and intersects with I-26 near Laurens; and I-95 which runs from the northeastern border in Dillon County to the southern border in Jasper County.^ From Columbia or Sumter, highway 378 east to intersection of 378 and 527.
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 ^ I-26 Westbound at 17 mile marker in the Upstate I-26 Eastbound after 198 mile marker in the Lowcountry Major interstate highways passing through the state include: I-20 , I-26 , I-77 , I-85 , and I-95 .
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 ^ Poinsett Bridge - Old Hwy 25 North - Northern Greenville County near the state line.
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 .The City of Myrtle Beach has a free shuttle bus that runs up and down Ocean Boulevard in front of the hotels and to many tourist areas.^ I am relocating to Myrtle Beach, SC in the coming weeks and I am currently looking for a nanny position within the Myrtle Beach area.
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 ^ Myrtle Beach - North Myrtle Beach - Ocean Pier One - Strange electrical problems, doors locking from the inside, items disappearing and appearing in spots that had just be straightened up or cleaned.
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 ^ Myrtle Beach - Myrtle Beach - There believed to be a haunting of a boy who drown in the ocean on Myrtle Beach.
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.Amtrak passes through Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg, Florence, and Charleston.^ Charleston - 2,604,332 Columbia - 1,004,182 Capital: Columbia Other notable cities: Charleston Old Capital Sumter Greenville Rock Hill Ancient Native American town Spartanburg Summerville resort.
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 ^ All international airports, with daily flights to Argentina are located in Columbia, SC. All other flights to Charleston, Summerville, Greenville/Spartanburg, Florence, Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head Island, Kingstree, Plum Branch, Round O, Varnville, McBee, and Latta must be scheduled from Atlanta, Georgia.
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 ^ An imaginary high speed Amtrak AcelaX (530 mph train) links Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg, Florence, and Charleston.
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.Commercial airports are located in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville/Spartanburg, Florence, Myrtle Beach, and Hilton Head Island.^ Hilton Head Island - Baynard Plantation - William Baynard's funeral procession can be seen passing by the ruins of the home and his tomb.
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 ^ Coming from Myrtle Beach, SC take 501 North in Florence turn right on Hwy.
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 ^ South Carolina's metropolitan area estimates: Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA Columbia, SC MSA Florence, SC MSA Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA Myrtle Beach, SC MSA Sumter, SC MSA 2000 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates .
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Law and government

South Carolina State House
.South Carolina's state government consists of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches.^ South Carolina is my home state.
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 ^ South Carolina remained a strong legislative state , however.
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 ^ South Carolina State Country Club Meeting House in Lexington Republican Mark Sanford's vacation Home in Argentina complete with early 1980's SC state car South Carolina's state government consists of the Executive, Legislative, and Old Boy branches.
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 .The governor is elected for a four-year term and may serve two consecutive terms.^ Extending the governors term to four years in 1981 and then allowing relection .
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 ^ It empowered a general assembly of the whole company to elect a governor and a deputy and a council of twenty-four members.
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 ^ The most significant change came in 1981 when this revised article was amended again to allow the incumbent governor to run for reelection to a second four-year term.
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 He heads the Executive branch (some officers of which are elected). The current governor is Republican Mark Sanford. He is currently serving his second term. .The bicameral South Carolina General Assembly consists of the 46-member Senate and the 124-member House of Representatives.^ Compare that to Craigslist, which doesn’t have any physical territory but boasts 46 million monthly visitors in the U.S. alone, making it nearly ten times the size of South Carolina.
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 ^ Perhaps because of the type of person who could go to the General Assembly or because of the power centered in the legislature, South Carolina rapidly became one of the most influential states in the new American Union.
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 ^ The General Assembly was formed into two houses.
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 .The two bodies meet in the South Carolina State House.^ South Carolina is my home state.
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 ^ South Carolina State Country Club Meeting House in Lexington Republican Mark Sanford's vacation Home in Argentina complete with early 1980's SC state car South Carolina's state government consists of the Executive, Legislative, and Old Boy branches.
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 ^ The official number of hillbillies in South Carolina The racial makeup of the state is: .
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 .The Judicial Branch consists of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Circuit Court, Family Court, and other divisions.^ This article was overhauled again after a successful constitutional referendum in 1984 to add a Court of Appeals between the state Supreme Court and the sixteen Judicial Circuit courts .
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Judicial branch

The Family Court deals with all matters of domestic and family relationships, as well as generally maintaining exclusive jurisdiction over cases involving minors under the age of seventeen, excepting traffic and game law violations. .Some criminal charges may come under Circuit Court jurisdiction.^ CNN - May 18th, 2009 at 3:19 pm PDT I really hope SC responds in kind and brings criminal charges and that they stick.
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.The Circuit Court is the general jurisdiction court for South Carolina.^ General Sickles declared the Black Codes void in South Carolina.
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 ^ Under the leadership of former Civil War General Wade Hampton, South Carolina Democrats regained control over the states government in 1876.
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 ^ The sons of South Carolina planters were generally educated in England.
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 It comprises the Civil Court, the Court of Common Pleas, and the Court of General Sessions, which is the criminal court. .The court maintains limited appellate jurisdiction over the Probate Court, Magistrate's Court, Municipal Court, and the Administrative Law Judge Division.^ Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers .
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 .The state has sixteen judicial circuits, each with at least one resident circuit judge.^ This article was overhauled again after a successful constitutional referendum in 1984 to add a Court of Appeals between the state Supreme Court and the sixteen Judicial Circuit courts .
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 ^ To register one had to be a state resident for 2 years, a county resident for 1 year, and a precinct resident for 4 monthsand to have paid a poll tax 6 months in advance.
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 ^ The article creates a State Board of Education made up of one member from each of the sixteen judicial circuits elected by the legislative delegation within each circuit and rotated among the counties within.
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.The Court of Appeals handles Circuit Court and Family Court appeals, excepting appeals that are within the seven classes of exclusive Supreme Court jurisdiction.^ This article was overhauled again after a successful constitutional referendum in 1984 to add a Court of Appeals between the state Supreme Court and the sixteen Judicial Circuit courts .
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 .The Court of Appeals is selected by the General Assembly for staggered, six-year terms.^ The Confederate president was limited to one six-year term and had an item veto on appropriations bills.
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 The court comprises a chief judge, and eight associate judges, and may hear cases as the whole court, or as three panels with three judges each. The court may preside in any county.
.The Supreme Court is South Carolina's highest court.^ She was the first woman in the State of South Carolina tried by a court and sentenced to death for witchcraft.
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 .The Chief Justice and four Associate Justices are elected to ten year terms by the General Assembly.^ It empowered a general assembly of the whole company to elect a governor and a deputy and a council of twenty-four members.
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 ^ Johnston is a ten year veteran of Major League Soccer serving four in a coaching capacity and six as a player.

 ^ It also elected a chief executive, called president, a vice president, and a chief justice.
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 .Terms are staggered, and there are no limits on the number of terms a justice may serve, but there is a mandatory retirement age of 72. The overwhelming majority of vacancies on the Court occur when Justices reach this age, not through the refusal of the General Assembly to elect a sitting Justice to another term.^ It empowered a general assembly of the whole company to elect a governor and a deputy and a council of twenty-four members.
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 ^ It is an extensive overhaul that identifies categories and formulas for the assessment of property and defines approaches that the General Assembly may take for classifying property and setting the assessment ratios for different categories of property.
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 ^ He required that each parish and district (there were no counties) elect as many delegates as it had members in the lower house.
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South Carolina Constitution

.The South Carolina Constitution contains provisions which, when compared to the Constitutions of other States, are unusual.^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .

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 .For example, a constitutional amendment must be approved by two-thirds of each house of the legislature, approved by the people in an election, and then ratified by a majority of each house of the legislature.^ All the approved amendments were ratified, but the ratification process was important because it set the effective date for the new amendment to take the force of the constitution.
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 ^ To adopt appropriations not requested by its president, the Confederate constitution required a two-thirds vote of its Congress.
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 ^ Through the 1966 election, 330 constitutional amendments had been passed.
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 .If the legislature fails to ratify it, the amendment does not take effect, even though it has been approved by the people.^ All the approved amendments were ratified, but the ratification process was important because it set the effective date for the new amendment to take the force of the constitution.
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 ^ Even worse, the legislature proceeded to pass Black Codes to restrict the civil rights of newly emancipated African-Americans and it refused to ratify the 14 th Amendment.
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 See S.C. Const. art. XVI, s. 1.
.Prior to April 15, 1949, Article XVII, Section 3, of the South Carolina Constitution prohibited divorce for any reason.^ South Carolina along with Florida had the ninth longest constitution in the country in 1960 when measured by the number of words in the document.
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 ^ The 20 th century saw significant changes to South Carolinas constitutional system.
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 ^ The conscious attempts in the Fundamental Constitutions to create a nobility in the new colony gave South Carolina social and political order a very English flavor.
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 Since that date, South Carolina permits divorce for certain reasons. .It is believed that South Carolina is the only State in the Union that lists the grounds for divorce in its Constitution.^ It implies that South Carolina is a state inhabited only by white trash.
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 ^ South Carolina is my home state.
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 ^ The South Carolina Auctioneers Association exists to promote the auction method of marketing through professional and ethical auctioneering practices in the state of South Carolina.

 .The effect of doing so is that the Legislature is prohibited from creating additional grounds for divorce beyond those specified in the South Carolina Constitution.^ The colonial legislature led and consolidated public opinion against British governance of South Carolina by advocating the rights and privileges of the settlers.
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 ^ South Carolina along with Florida had the ninth longest constitution in the country in 1960 when measured by the number of words in the document.
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 ^ The power of the 1790 legislature was virtually complete over all matters of government in South Carolina.
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 See S.C. Const. art. XVII, Section 3.

Law enforcement agencies

Federal politics

.Like the Southern states, South Carolina consistently voting Democratic Party in the late 19th century and half of 20th century as a Solid South.^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .

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 ^ The South Carolina Auctioneers Association exists to promote the auction method of marketing through professional and ethical auctioneering practices in the state of South Carolina.

 .The Republican Party became competitive in the 1960 Presidential Election when Richard Nixon narrowly lost the state to John F. Kennedy by just two percentage points.^ Popular election was to be used to select state office holders and presidential electors.
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 ^ Equally arguably, it was just as reluctant as the government party to decentralize its authority within the state.
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 In 1964, Barry Goldwater making first Republican to win the state for nearly 90 years. .Since then, South Carolina has voted for a Republican in every presidential election from 1964 to forward with exception of 1976 when Jimmy Carter, a Southerner, was the last Democrat to win the state.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

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 .George W. Bush won the state with 58% of the statewide vote in 2004 over Senator John Kerry.^ A governor with no veto power, presidential electors, United States senators, and even many local officials were elected by legislative, not popular vote.
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 .Republicans now control the governorate, eight of nine statewide offices, both houses of legislature, both US Senators and four of six members of the US House of Representatives.^ It empowered a general assembly of the whole company to elect a governor and a deputy and a council of twenty-four members.
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 ^ Each election district sent a number of delegates equal to its number of representatives in both houses of the legislature.
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 ^ For example, the state had a large debt, and both the legislature and the military governor attempted to manage it.
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State politics

.In the 110th United States Congress, the South Carolina delegation to U.S. Senate are Senators Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint, both Republicans.^ Map Of  South Carolina State And National Forests .
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 ^ Think of the economic boon to sign-makers rebranding both states as “Carolina.” Think of a more orderly field of 49 stars on the US flag.
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 .In the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Representatives are Republicans Henry E. Brown of 1st District, Joe Wilson of 2nd District, J. Gresham Barrett of 3rd District, and Bob Inglis of 4th District, and Democrats John M. Spratt of 5th District and James Clyburn of 6th District.^ Each election district sent a number of delegates equal to its number of representatives in both houses of the legislature.
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.
This historic home is at "The Battery," a neighborhood/park area at the Downtown Historic District of Charleston - a well-known historical city in South Carolina.^ South Carolina is my home state.
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 ^ Rental homes ads for South Carolina.
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 ^ Events surrounding the lifestyles of prominent Charleston families of the time illustrate the values of aristocracy and patriotism underlying the continuity of South Carolina politics, economics, and society.
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 "The Battery" is also known as White Point Gardens.

Important cities and towns

Coastal towns and cities often have hurricane resistant Live oaks overarching the streets in historic neighborhoods, such as these on East Bay Street, Georgetown.
.The capital and largest city in the state is Columbia, with an estimated population in the mid-2000's of around 120,000. The other two major centers in the state are Charleston in the Lowcountry (100,000) and Greenville (57,000) in the Upstate.^ Liquid Capital Required : $100,000 .
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 ^ Nevertheless, the legislature relocated the capital from Charleston and created a new one in Columbia in 1786, the geographic center of the state, to symbolize increased statewide unity.
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 ^ South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Skip to Content www.bls.gov Search: All BLS.gov .
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 .Other notable incorporated cities are Anderson, Aiken, Beaufort, Florence, Georgetown, Greenwood, Hilton Head Island, Moncks Corner, Mount Pleasant, Myrtle Beach, Newberry, North Charleston, Orangeburg, Rock Hill, Spartanburg, North Augusta, Lexington and Sumter.^ ERA Wilder Realty 1129 Sparkel Berry Lane Columbia, SC, 29223 (803) 309-7678 ( http://southernmanors.com/ Specializing in Columbia real estate, Lexington, St. Andrew, Sumter, West Columbia, Orangeburg, Chapin, Rock Hills, and Richland County.
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 ^ Suite E Isle of Palms, SC, 29451 (843)886-8110 ( http://www.charlestonrealestateinfo.com/ Real Estate and Homes for Sale in Isle of Palms, Mount Pleasant, Wild Dunes, Sullivans Island, Charleston, and Charleston County.
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 ^ South Carolina's metropolitan area estimates: Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA Columbia, SC MSA Florence, SC MSA Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA Myrtle Beach, SC MSA Sumter, SC MSA 2000 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates .
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.It is interesting to note that, due to extremely strict annexation laws passed by the General Assembly in 1976, incorporated municipalities in South Carolina are usually much smaller in area and population than those elsewhere in the fast-growing Southeast.^ Perhaps because of the type of person who could go to the General Assembly or because of the power centered in the legislature, South Carolina rapidly became one of the most influential states in the new American Union.
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 ^ In South Carolina, 20.0 percent of the foreign-born population were Asian, 5.4 percent were black or African American, and 53.4 percent were white.

 ^ This table describes the entire population of South Carolina.

 .However, when a South Carolina city's proximal suburbs that would otherwise be annexed into their city limits are blended in with its core population, they exhibit similar sizes and rates of growth as many municipalities in neighboring states, such as Georgia and North Carolina.^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .

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 .This takes many first-time visitors to South Carolina's main cities by surprise, as many are expecting much less urbanization in what has historically been thought of as an almost completely rural state.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

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Education

Institutions of higher education

(In order of foundation date)
.South Carolina has a long and proud tradition of higher education that is intertwined with its rich and complex history.^ She began here in August 2009 after receiving her Pre and Post-Licensing education from the Real Estate School for Success in Columbia, South Carolina.
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 ^ Hardeeville, South Carolina Community Tradition South Carolina will be unlike any other community in the Lowcountry.
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 ^ Aiken, South Carolina Community The Ridge at Chukker Creek is proud to be one of the greenest communities in America.
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 .For a relatively small state, South Carolina hosts a disproportionately large and diverse cohort of institutions of higher education, from large state-funded research universities to small colleges that cultivate a liberal arts, religious or military tradition.^ South Carolina is my home state.
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 ^ The South Carolina Auctioneers Association exists to promote the auction method of marketing through professional and ethical auctioneering practices in the state of South Carolina.

 ^ She began here in August 2009 after receiving her Pre and Post-Licensing education from the Real Estate School for Success in Columbia, South Carolina.
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.In addition to its status as the oldest college or university in South Carolina, founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, the College of Charleston (C of C) is the 13th oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first municipal college in the country.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

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 .The College is in company with the Colonial Colleges as one the original and foundational institutions of higher education in the United States.^ The article creates a State Board of Education made up of one member from each of the sixteen judicial circuits elected by the legislative delegation within each circuit and rotated among the counties within.
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 .Its founders include three signers of the United States Declaration of Independence and three signers of the United States Constitution.^ Perhaps the most significant came, not from internal revisions, but as a result of outside forces, in particular the United States Constitution and federal laws.
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 ^ The poll tax was struck by the 24 th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1964.
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 ^ The problems that plagued the proprietors as they attempted to implement the Fundamental Constitutions finally caught up with them in 1719 when the colonists declared themselves independent.
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 .The College's historic campus, which is listed on the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Register of Historic Places, forms an integral part of Charleston's colonial-era urban center.^ March 2008 Update: This could be a place called Molly's Rock, which is a part of the Sumter National Forest.
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 ^ Woiwode has been training since December and is "an integral part of the team," as stated by Gerardo Lepe Villarreal, manager of the Mexican national soccer teams.

 ^ Charleston was the only USL-1 team that was not part of the Team Owners Association (TOA), formed in 2008 to address issues with USL management and now looking to form the NASL. .

 .As one of the leading institutions of higher education in the Southeastern United States, the College of Charleston is celebrated nationally for its focus on undergraduate education with strengths in Marine Biology, Classics, Art History and Historic Preservation.^ DC and Houston share the lead in the round-robin tournament with one win and one draw each, but Charleston can win the Cup with a win and a Houston loss.

 ^ Appalachian State was tabbed third with Elon fourth and College of Charleston and Georgia Southern tying for the fifth spot.

 ^ Naraine played collegiate soccer for nationally-ranked North Carolina Wesleyan College, helping lead the program to the NCAA Division III National Tournament in 1984.

 .The Graduate School of the College of Charleston, offers a number of degree programs and coordinates support for its nationally recognized faculty research efforts.^ We will offer new things for our spring strawberry season and fresh from our fields vegetables, and offer Community Supported Agriculture(CSA)programs that will fit any budget.
  • Where to find pick your own farms and orchards in South Carolina for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and Christmas trees. 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.pickyourown.org [Source type: General]

 ^ The Charleston Battery offers a full calendar of youth soccer programs with summer camps, weekly academy, after-school camps and soccer tournaments.

 ^ Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program will be offered in Spring of 2010.
  • Where to find pick your own farms and orchards in South Carolina for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and Christmas trees. 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.pickyourown.org [Source type: General]

 .According to the Princeton Review, C of C is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education and U.S. News and World Report regularly ranks C of C among the best masters level universities in the South.^ Also, the New World spirit did not seem consistent with the ideals of a nobility with its potential for repression of lower ranks.
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 ^ Clemson was ranked number-one in the nation in the final regular season poll for 1998 when it posted a 22-2 record, the best record of Adair's career.

 ^ At the national level, 11.4 percent of households headed by a foreign-born person had more than one occupant per room.

 C of C presently enrolls approximately 10,000 undergraduates and 2,000 graduate students.
.The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational, research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

 ^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .

 ^ (Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 1927), pp.
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 .The University's campus covers over 359 acres (1.5 km2) in the urban core less than one city block from the South Carolina State House.^ South Carolina is my home state.
  • What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.techcrunch.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The South Carolina Auctioneers Association exists to promote the auction method of marketing through professional and ethical auctioneering practices in the state of South Carolina.

 ^ South Carolina a former slave state that has less than 4.5 million people and a median income of under $40,000/year, 39th in the U.S. 92% of the state’s residents are Christian, and the gross state product is around $150 billion.
  • What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.techcrunch.com [Source type: General]

 .The institution was founded in 1801 as South Carolina College in an effort to promote harmony between the Lowcountry and the Upstate.^ The South Carolina Auctioneers Association exists to promote the auction method of marketing through professional and ethical auctioneering practices in the state of South Carolina.

 ^ Murrells Inlet, South Carolina Community Featuring the Lowcountrys scenic beauty, spectacular golf, and excellent amenities.
  • South Carolina Golf, Waterfront, Lake Equestrian and Retirement Communities 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.ideal-communities.com [Source type: General]

 ^ He hated the Lowcountry, Columbia as the seat of government dominated by the gentry, and the South Carolina College, later the University of South Carolina, which he viewed as taken over by the gentry.
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 The College became a symbol of the South in the antebellum period as its graduates were on the forefront of secession from the Union. .From the Civil War to World War II, the institution lacked a clear direction and was constantly reorganized to meet the needs of the political power in office.^ Hampton, reflecting perhaps a pre-Civil War sense of nobility, promised African-Americans they would not lose their political rights.
  • South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.cas.sc.edu [Source type: Original source]

 .In 1957, the University expanded its reach through the University of South Carolina System and rapidly became the state's preeminent and most popular institution of higher education, a status it retains to this day.^ South Carolina is my home state.
  • What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.techcrunch.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The South Carolina Auctioneers Association exists to promote the auction method of marketing through professional and ethical auctioneering practices in the state of South Carolina.

 ^ The “state of Carolina” was also the largest state there was because it went from the Atlantic Coast, down through Texas, and to the Pacific ocean in Southern California.
  • What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.techcrunch.com [Source type: General]
Main article: History of the University of South Carolina
.Furman University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian, liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina.^ This auction will assist Greenville County Recreation District in liquidating the assets of the original Woodmont High School in Piedmont, South Carolina .

 ^ He hated the Lowcountry, Columbia as the seat of government dominated by the gentry, and the South Carolina College, later the University of South Carolina, which he viewed as taken over by the gentry.
  • South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.cas.sc.edu [Source type: Original source]

 ^ (Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 1927), pp.
  • South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.cas.sc.edu [Source type: Original source]

 Founded in 1826, Furman enrolls approximately 2,600 undergraduate and 500 graduate students. .Furman is the oldest, largest and most selective private institution in South Carolina.^ Hilton Head, South Carolina Community Located in Bluffton, South Carolina, Hampton Lake is the Hilton Head area's only private gated lake community.
  • South Carolina Golf, Waterfront, Lake Equestrian and Retirement Communities 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.ideal-communities.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The largest share of the foreign-born population in South Carolina were from Latin America.

 ^ Welcome to the South Carolina Real Estate Search Search the Most Recent South Carolina real estate listings and homes for sale .
  • South Carolina Real Estate Listings, Homes for Sale | Prices of Houses in South Carolina 28 January 2010 0:53 UTC www.househunt.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 The university is primarily focused on undergraduate education (only two departments, education and chemistry, offer graduate degrees).
.The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston, South Carolina.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

 ^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .

 ^ South Carolina is my home state.
  • What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.techcrunch.com [Source type: General]

 .Founded in 1842, the college is best known for its undergraduate Corps of Cadets military program for men and women, which combines academics, physical challenges and military discipline.^ He spent four years as the head coach of Coker College’s women’s soccer program before his first stint at Coastal.

 In addition to the cadet program, civilian programs are offered through the Citadel's College of Graduate and Professional Studies with its evening undergraduate and graduate programs. The Citadel enrolls almost 2,000 undergraduate cadets in its residential military program and 1,200 civilian students in the evening programs.
.Presbyterian College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, South Carolina, USA. Presbyterian College, or PC, is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA, and enrolls around 1300 undergraduate students.^ Hilton Head, South Carolina Community Located in Bluffton, South Carolina, Hampton Lake is the Hilton Head area's only private gated lake community.
  • South Carolina Golf, Waterfront, Lake Equestrian and Retirement Communities 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.ideal-communities.com [Source type: General]

 ^ He hated the Lowcountry, Columbia as the seat of government dominated by the gentry, and the South Carolina College, later the University of South Carolina, which he viewed as taken over by the gentry.
  • South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.cas.sc.edu [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Blythewood, South Carolina Community Private, gated community offering a grand setting, full complement of amenities and family-oriented events and activities.
  • South Carolina Golf, Waterfront, Lake Equestrian and Retirement Communities 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.ideal-communities.com [Source type: General]

 .Founded in 1880, PC has 84 full-time professors, offers 30 majors, and provides Cooperative and Dual-Degree Programs in Engineering (with Auburn, Clemson, and Vanderbilt Universities), Forestry/Environmental Science (with Duke University) and Religion (with Union Theological Seminary).^ Full time naturalist on staff providing educational programs.
  • South Carolina Golf, Waterfront, Lake Equestrian and Retirement Communities 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.ideal-communities.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The Charleston Battery offers a full calendar of youth soccer programs with summer camps, weekly academy, after-school camps and soccer tournaments.

 They also have eight pre-professional programs.
.Founded as the Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina in 1889, Clemson University is now a public, coeducational, land-grant research university located in Clemson, South Carolina.^ Clemson, South Carolina Community Patrick Square is proud to introduce a community where emails are replaced by handshakes, and where the outdoors takes the place of TV. Patrick Square was named for Patrick Calhoun, the founding father of the Clemson region, and represents a return to small-town living.
  • South Carolina Golf, Waterfront, Lake Equestrian and Retirement Communities 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.ideal-communities.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Aiken, South Carolina Community An intimate neighborhood of all brick single-family homes located just minutes from historic downtown Aiken, South Carolina.
  • South Carolina Golf, Waterfront, Lake Equestrian and Retirement Communities 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.ideal-communities.com [Source type: General]

 ^ In South Carolina and Mississippi, in fact, the majority of voters were now black.
  • South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.cas.sc.edu [Source type: Original source]

 .Clemson The University currently enrolls more than 17,000 students from all 50 states and from more than 70 countries.^ To promote balanced representation according to wealth, all property was assessed at its real, current value rather than arbitrarily arranged, fixed values.
  • South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.cas.sc.edu [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "Jody and I wish to thank our family, friends, supporters, and, of course, the student-athletes for all their friendship, love, and support during our wonderful journey at Clemson.

 ^ (All rankings include the 50 states and the District of Columbia and are ranked highest to lowest.

Secondary education

.According to a survey of recent studies conducted by the University of South Carolina's Institute for Public Service and Policy Research South Carolina ranks at or near the bottom of the United States in terms of secondary school graduation rates.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

 ^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .

 ^ South Carolina is my home state.
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  • Though there are no major league franchises based in South Carolina, there are numerous minor league teams that are either based in the state, or play much of their schedule within it's borders.^ Moved from South Carolina to another state .

     ^ Moved to South Carolina from another state .

     ^ Moved within South Carolina .

     .The highest level of minor league sports played in South Carolina is the AAA-level baseball team, the Charlotte Knights who, though being officially affiliated with the city of Charlotte and develop players for the Chicago White Sox, actually play their home games at the Knight's Castle stadium near the Charlotte Bobcats facilities in Fort Mill.^ South Carolina is my home state.
    • What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.techcrunch.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Surfside Beach, South Carolina Community These 2 distinct Amenity Communities were inspired by a preferred local developer whos vision was to provide the perfect residential lifestyle to all who choose to reside in his hometown on the spectacular South Carolina Grand Strand.
    • South Carolina Golf, Waterfront, Lake Equestrian and Retirement Communities 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.ideal-communities.com [Source type: General]

     ^ The average household size of the foreign-born population in South Carolina who owned their own homes was 2.96 persons, while the average household size of those renting their homes was 2.89 persons.

     .Currently, only Greenville, Myrtle Beach, and Charleston still boast any other level (in each case single-A) of professional baseball.^ We not only have properties in the large cities like Charleston, Greenville and Columbia, but you can also find deals in Myrtle Beach as well as in the more rural areas of South Carolina.
    • South Carolina Foreclosures - Trends and Information at RealtyTrac 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.realtytrac.com [Source type: General]

     Curiously enough, for a state where natural ice is a rarity, professional ice hockey has been popular in a number of areas of the state since the 1990s. .Though 4 teams competed at one time in South Carolina, the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) currently oversees operations of only two franchises, one, the Columbia Inferno, the other, the South Carolina Stingrays (who play in North Charleston).^ Compare that to Craigslist, which doesn’t have any physical territory but boasts 46 million monthly visitors in the U.S. alone, making it nearly ten times the size of South Carolina.
    • What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.techcrunch.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Events surrounding the lifestyles of prominent Charleston families of the time illustrate the values of aristocracy and patriotism underlying the continuity of South Carolina politics, economics, and society.
    • South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.cas.sc.edu [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Below is a listing of all franchises and business opportunities currently expanding across South Carolina including Columbia, Charleston, North Charleston, Rock Hill, Mount Pleasant and more.
    • South Carolina franchises for sale - Franchise Gator.com 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.franchisegator.com [Source type: General]

     .According to the league, however, Myrtle Beach is slated to receive a franchise when their new arena is completed in 2008/9.
  • College sports in particular are very big in South Carolina.^ The conscious attempts in the Fundamental Constitutions to create a nobility in the new colony gave South Carolina social and political order a very English flavor.
    • South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.cas.sc.edu [Source type: Original source]

     ^ South Carolina franchises for sale - Franchise Gator.com Franchise Gator Home About Franchise Gator Contact Us .
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     ^ Seventy of the 124 delegates to the new South Carolina convention were black as a result of this new strength and white boycotts of the election of delegates.
    • South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.cas.sc.edu [Source type: Original source]

     .Clemson University's Tigers and the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks regularly draw more than 80,000 spectators at the schools' home football games.^ South Carolina is my home state.
    • What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.techcrunch.com [Source type: General]

     ^ South Carolina a former slave state that has less than 4.5 million people and a median income of under $40,000/year, 39th in the U.S. 92% of the state’s residents are Christian, and the gross state product is around $150 billion.
    • What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.techcrunch.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Also, it may be that Craig’s, which I use regularly, has a greater economic footprint at the moment, but I do expect South Carolina, which predated it, to outlive it as well, and that’s worth something.
    • What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.techcrunch.com [Source type: General]

     .Smaller universities located in South Carolina also have very competitive sports programs, including the Citadel, Presbyterian College, Furman, Coastal Carolina, Wofford, College of Charleston, Winthrop, North Greenville University, Lander University, Southern Weslayan University, and SC State.
  • NASCAR racing was born in the South, and South Carolina has in the past hosted some very important NASCAR races, mainly at the Darlington Raceway.^ South Carolina is my home state.
    • What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.techcrunch.com [Source type: General]

     ^ The South Carolina Auctioneers Association exists to promote the auction method of marketing through professional and ethical auctioneering practices in the state of South Carolina.

     ^ Events surrounding the lifestyles of prominent Charleston families of the time illustrate the values of aristocracy and patriotism underlying the continuity of South Carolina politics, economics, and society.
    • South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.cas.sc.edu [Source type: Original source]

     .Darlington Raceway still has the one NASCAR race weekend, usually Mother's Day weekend.^ This house is still standing and can be viewed only one day a year.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     ^ While the girls where changing one day they heard walking noises when everyone was being completely still.
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     .All four of NASCAR's series come to Darlington including Feather light, Craftsman Trucks, Busch Cars, and NEXTEL Cup cars.
  • South Carolina is known as a golfing paradise.^ Below is a listing of all franchises and business opportunities currently expanding across South Carolina including Columbia, Charleston, North Charleston, Rock Hill, Mount Pleasant and more.
    • South Carolina franchises for sale - Franchise Gator.com 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.franchisegator.com [Source type: General]

     ^ NC) Aside from the Carolina Challenge Cup matches (March 24, 28, 31) all home pre-season exhibitions are free admission.

     ^ Children of immigrants accounted for 9.4 percent of all children in low-income families (i.e., below 200 percent of the federal poverty threshold) in 2007, 4.9 percent in 2000, and 1.9 percent in 1990 in South Carolina.

     Myrtle Beach/Grand Strand has more than a hundred golf courses. .Myrtle Beach has more public golf courses per capita than any other place in the country.^ Myrtle Beach is a nice place to visit.
    • What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.techcrunch.com [Source type: General]

     ^ The activity will go on, yet now it will disperse to other places and the slave holders = Pimps will know to be more careful.
    • What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.techcrunch.com [Source type: General]

     ^ As highlighted in Table 1, some of the constitutions (1790, 1868, 1895) have been more extensive and politically significant than others.
    • South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.cas.sc.edu [Source type: Original source]

     [10] Some have hosted PGA and LGPA events in the past, but most have been designed for the casual golfer. .Hilton Head & Kiawah Island has several very nice golf courses and hosts professional events every year.^ Hilton Head Island - Baynard Plantation - William Baynard's funeral procession can be seen passing by the ruins of the home and his tomb.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     ^ McCormick - Badwell Cemetery - This is a cemetery that is very old (several hundred years) it is the place of burial for French Heugonaut settlers.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     .The upstate of South Carolina also has many nice golf courses, most of the nicer courses are private including the Cliff's courses and Cross Creek Plantation (the Cliff's courses host the annual BMW PRO/AM that brings many celebrities and professionals to South Carolina.^ The Carolina Challenge Cup is an annual pre-season invitation tournament hosted by the Charleston Battery at Blackbaud Stadium.

     ^ CHARLESTON, SC -- The Charleston Battery will host the fourth annual Carolina Challenge Cup March 24 - 31 at Blackbaud Stadium, Daniel Island.

     ^ Carolina Challenge Cup The Charleston Battery will host the fourth annual Carolina Challenge Cup March 24 – 31 at Blackbaud Stadium, Daniel Island.

     Cross Creek Plantation located in Seneca, also private hosted a PGA Qualifier in the 90's). Oconee Country Club also in Seneca, is an extremely nice course, very well-kept, and is open to the public. .In 2007, "The Ocean Course" On Kiawah Island was ranked #1 in Golf Digest Magazine's "America's 50 Toughest Golf Courses"[11] and #38 on their "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses".[12]
  • Watersports are also an extremely popular activity in South Carolina.^ Kick South Carolina out of the Union (we can add Puerto Rico or Canada afterwards if we really need a nice round number of 50 states).
    • What’s More Important – Craigslist or South Carolina? A TechCrunch Poll 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.techcrunch.com [Source type: General]

     ^ South Carolina on Friday, returns eight starters from last years 11-7-1 squad that finished third in the SoCon with a 4-2-1 mark.

     ^ South Carolina Foreclosure Activity Falls in November .
    • South Carolina Foreclosures - Trends and Information at RealtyTrac 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.realtytrac.com [Source type: General]

     .With a large coast line, South Carolina has many different beach activities such as surfing, boogie boarding, deep sea fishing, and shrimping.^ Many people have experienced such activity.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     ^ We not only have properties in the large cities like Charleston, Greenville and Columbia, but you can also find deals in Myrtle Beach as well as in the more rural areas of South Carolina.
    • South Carolina Foreclosures - Trends and Information at RealtyTrac 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.realtytrac.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Many of South Carolinas ideas of a good national constitution were not enthusiastically received at the southern convention.
    • South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.cas.sc.edu [Source type: Original source]

     The Pee Dee region of the state offers exceptional fishing. Some of the largest catfish ever caught were caught in the Santee Lakes. .The Upstate of South Carolina also offers outstanding water activities.^ SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     ^ PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     ^ GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     The Midlands region also offers water-based recreation revolving around Lakes Marion and Murray and such rivers as the Congaree, Saluda, Broad, and Edisto.
  • While there are no race tracks with betting in South Carolina there is significant horse training activity, particularly in Aiken and Camden, which hold steeplechase races.

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Famous people from South Carolina

  • Bill Anderson, born James William Anderson III on November 1, 1937 in Columbia; an American country music singer and songwriter, nicknamed "Whisperin' Bill." Arguably his biggest hit was the 1963 single "Still."
  • Pink Anderson (born February 12, 1900 in Laurens; died October 12, 1974), blues singer and guitarist; inspired the "Pink" in Pink Floyd.
  • Maj. .Rudolph Anderson (born September 15, 1927 in Greenville; died October 27, 1962), Air Force U2 pilot shot down over Cuba during the Cuban Missle Crisis.
  • Charlotta Bass (born in Sumter), a newspaper publisher in Los Angeles, California, and the first African-American woman on a Presidential campaign ticket in 1952
  • Shelton Benjamin (1976 — ), born and raised in Orangeburg, he is a professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler now working for World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW brand.
  • Ben Bernanke (1953 — ), graduated from high school in Dillon in 1971. On October 24, 2005, President George W. Bush nominated Bernanke to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal Reserve.^ West Columbia - Airport High School - The ghost of Aiport's first principal, George I. Pair, haunts the school late at night.
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     ^ Spartanburg - Broome high school - Many teachers at Broome high school have told the story of a construction worker that helped build the school and had to bring his daughter to work with him one day.
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     ^ Open: September 24 - October 31, 8 am to 7 PM. Annual Pumpkin Sale Richland County .
    • Where to find pick your own farms and orchards in South Carolina for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and Christmas trees. 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.pickyourown.org [Source type: General]

     .Greenspan retired on January 31, 2006 after 18 years as chairman.
  • Robert Brooks, born in Greenwood, former wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos
  • J Anthony Brown, actor, comedian and radio personality from Columbia.
  • James Brown (born May 4, 1933 in Barnwell Died December 25, 2006).^ January 2006 Update: About 10 years ago SCDOT did some major work in the Lucas Bay area.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Mexico will face Panama on January 18, Trinidad & Tobago on January 20, Canada on January 22, with the semifinals and finals to take place on January 25 and 27, respectively.

     ^ Including four years at Brown University, Adair has a career mark of 208-115-31.

     .The "Godfather of Soul," legendary singer and member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
  • James F. Byrnes (May 2, 1879 – April 9, 1972), born in Charleston, Secretary of State under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, also served as Governor of South Carolina and as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.^ Below is a listing of all franchises and business opportunities currently expanding across South Carolina including Columbia, Charleston, North Charleston, Rock Hill, Mount Pleasant and more.
    • South Carolina franchises for sale - Franchise Gator.com 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.franchisegator.com [Source type: General]

     ^ South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Skip to Content www.bls.gov Search: All BLS.gov .
    • South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates 28 January 2010 0:53 UTC www.bls.gov [Source type: Reference]

     ^ Official Website of the South Carolina Youth Soccer Association www.scysa.org .

     Time Magazine's Person of the Year 1947.
  • John C. Calhoun (1782 – 1850), born near Abbeville, a statesman and political philosopher. .From 1811 until his death, Calhoun served in the federal government successively as congressman, secretary of war, vice president, senator, secretary of state and again as senator.
  • Harry Carson, American football player, (born November 26, 1953), inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 5, 2006.
  • Charlamagne Tha God-Co-Host of the nationally syndicated radio show "The Wendy Williams Experience" also co host of the "The Wendy Williams Experience" on Vh1.
  • Chubby Checker, singer, born Ernest Evans in Spring Gulley.
  • Stephen Euin Cobb, author, futurist and host of the award-winning podcast The Future And You, born in Orangeburg on February 3, 1955.
  • Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central since 2005; previously a correspondent for Comedy Central's The Daily Show.^ After this experience, "Midget Man" lost his sanity and prowled the field until the day of his own death.
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     ^ Current United States National team player Oguchi Onyewu was also an All-American at Clemson during Adair's career.

     .A native of Charleston, he attended Porter Gaud School.
  • Monique Coleman (1980-), actress, High School Musical, she was born in Orangeburg.
  • Pat Conroy, novelist, grew up in Beaufort, attended Beaufort High School and The Citadel in Charleston.^ Naraine is a native of Guyana, South America, and grew up in London, England.

     .He taught school in Beaufort and on remote Daufuskie Island near Hilton Head.^ Hilton Head Island - Baynard Plantation - William Baynard's funeral procession can be seen passing by the ruins of the home and his tomb.
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     ^ Hilton Head Island .
    • Amateur and GMRS radio repeaters in South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.artscipub.com [Source type: General]

     ^ RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     .All his novels have been set in the South Carolina Lowcountry.^ Learn about home based businesses, low cost and cheap franchises, and all business opportunities available in South Carolina.
    • South Carolina franchises for sale - Franchise Gator.com 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.franchisegator.com [Source type: General]

     ^ This high school All-Star match will feature 32 of the top boys and girls seniors in North Carolina and South Carolina.

     .Conroy now lives on Fripp Island.
  • Angell Conwell (1983-) an actress born in Orangeburg and raised in Columbia
  • Reverend Gary Davis (April 30, 1896 - May 5, 1972), blues and gospel songwriter and innovative guitarist, born in Clinton.
  • Kristin Davis, actress, best known for role as Charlotte York in Sex and the City.
  • Harold Denton, nuclear physicist, best known for his role in the "Three Mile Island accident"
  • Andy Dick, born in Charleston, actor and comedian best known for his roles on TV sitcoms, including NewsRadio and Less Than Perfect, as well as appearing on numerous comedy programs such as the Comedy Central Roasts
  • Larry Doby, the first African-American player in Major League Baseball's American League, and only the second in either league after Jackie Robinson (Born in Camden).
  • Lilian Ellison (born July 22, 1923 - November 2,2007) a female professional wrestler better known as the Fabulous Moolah.^ Both teams fielded a majority of first team players in the first half.

     ^ Against the Red Bulls - missing only Marcus Schopp and Jozy Altidore - a considerably less-than-full-strength Toronto side missing several starters fended off the Red Bulls for a much-deserved first win.

     ^ DC will join two other sides from Major League Soccer, Toronto FC & Real Salt Lake plus the USL First Division’s Charleston Battery for the prestigious pre-season tournament.

     She is a former WWF/WWE Women's World Champion. She is from Columbia.
  • Alex English, basketball player, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
  • Michael Flessas, actor, best know for his role in the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) winning film Dancer in the Dark at the Cannes Film Festival. .He graduated from Columbia's Dreher High School and attended the University of South Carolina.
  • Joe Frazier, 1964 Olympic heavyweight champion and the world heavyweight champ 1970-73; fought Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title three times.^ West Columbia - Airport High School - The ghost of Aiport's first principal, George I. Pair, haunts the school late at night.
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     ^ The 2006 CESA North-South Soccer Classic was held Saturday, June 17 at Furman University's Stone Soccer Stadium in Greenville, S.C. This annual event is coordinated through the efforts of the South Carolina High School Soccer Coaches Association and the title sponsor from 2005-09 will be the Carolina Elite Soccer Academy based out of Greenville.

     ^ This high school All-Star match will feature 32 of the top boys and girls seniors in North Carolina and South Carolina.

     He is most remembered for the fight at Madison Square Garden in March 1971, where he defeated Ali to become the undisputed heavyweight champ. Frazier was born in Beaufort on January 12, 1944.
  • David Gaillard, engineer of the central portion of the Panama Canal, after which the main cut is named; born in Manning. .He died of a brain tumor before the work was finished.
  • Kevin Garnett (nicknamed "The Big Ticket"), an NBA basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves; born and raised in Mauldin.
  • Leeza Gibbons of Entertainment Tonight and other Hollywood news shows grew up in Irmo, a suburb of Columbia.
  • Althea Gibson (1927-2003), the first black female player to win the Wimbledon singles tennis title, was born in Silver.
  • William Gibson, author and credited as the father of the Cyberpunk genre of science fiction, was born in Conway on March 17, 1948.
  • Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993), John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie, considered by some to be the greatest jazz trumpeter of all time, was born in Cheraw.
  • Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), President of the United States; born near Lancaster but emigrated to Tennessee as an adult.^ Naraine was Southern’s first-ever head coach, and in the inaugural 2003 season, he led the Jaguars to a third-place finish in the Southwestern Athletic Conference and a 6-7 overall record.

     ^ It is also a good opportunity for us to test ourselves against some of the best talent in the United States.” .

     ^ It's basement is said to have held some of the world's greatest criminals such as Black Beard.
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     He was the hero of the Battle of New Orleans and 7th President, from 1829 to 1837.
  • Jesse Jackson, famous political and social figure, originally from Greenville.
  • 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson (1887 – 1951). Considered to be one of the most outstanding hitters in the history of baseball, his career .356 batting average is the third highest in history, after Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby. He was born in Brandon Mills.
  • James Jamerson (January 29, 1938 - August 2, 1983), born in Charleston. Legendary bass player and member of the Funk Brothers, the session band at Motown. Played on "Shotgun" by Jr. Walker and the All Stars, "For Once In My Life" by Stevie Wonder, "My Girl" by The Temptations and "What's Goin' On" by Marvin Gaye among many other Motown classics.
  • Young Jeezy (1977 - ), born as Jay Jenkins is a rapper from Columbia.
  • Jasper Johns, widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of the 20th century, was raised (albeit born in a Georgia hospital) in Allendale.
  • Orlando Jones (1968-), a comedian and actor from Mauldin
  • Eartha Kitt (1927- ), actress and singer, one of only a handful of performers to be nominated twice for both a Tony Award and Grammy Award, as well as for an Emmy Award. .She hails from North.
  • James Longstreet (1821-1904), controversial general of the Civil War, widely respected during the war as Lee's second-in-command, but later condemned by many of his peers for his criticisms of Lee at Gettysburg and for his post-war political affiliation.^ Columbia - Longstreet Theatre - The haunting of Longstreet Theatre relates directly to it's history of being used as a military hospital during the Civil War.
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     ^ Powdersville - Three Bridges Road - Eloise was a slave during the civil war; Powdersville is noted for being the are where confederate soldiers kept the gunpowder.
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     ^ Mount Pleasant - Easter Sunday Church - The story goes like this: Back during the Civil War the locals would attend Church every Sunday of course.
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     Longstreet was born in Edgefield District, now Edgefield County, although he was raised in northern Georgia.
  • Francis Marion (1732-1795), also known as the "Swamp Fox", was a Brigadier General in the American Revolutionary War. The main character in the movie The Patriot is based largely on his exploits. Marion was born in Georgetown.
  • Edwin McCain, recording artist who reached platinum status with his hit single "I'll Be", from his second album, Misguided Roses, in 1998. McCain was born in Greenville.
  • Andie MacDowell, film actress and model, most well-known for her roles in Four Weddings and a Funeral,Groundhog Day and Green Card, was born in Gaffney and attended Winthrop College.
  • Burnet Maybank, Prestigious and prominent politician and businessman; Charleston alderman 1927-31, mayor 1931-38, governor 1939-1941, and US senator 1941-54; never lost an election, made his money in cotton exporting; at one point was named one of the 20 most influential men in America by Fortune Magazine
  • Roger "Rocky" McIntosh, an NFL player from Gaffney
  • Dr. Ronald McNair (1950 – 1986), born in Lake City; one of the seven astronauts to die when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take-off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 28, 1986.
  • Kerry Mullis, born in Lenoir, and grew up in Columbia, South Carolina; received Nobel Prize for DNA amplification research. .There is public controversy regarding credit for this research.
  • Nancy O'Dell, born on February 25, 1966 in Myrtle Beach; an American television host and entertainment journalist.
  • Jermaine O'Neal, born on October 13, 1978 in Columbia; a NBA player.
  • Peggy Parish, author of a children's book series featuring a befuddled maid, Amelia Bedelia.^ Myrtle Beach - Myrtle Beach - There believed to be a haunting of a boy who drown in the ocean on Myrtle Beach.
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     .She was from Manning.
  • Kathleen Parker, nationally recognized columnist.
  • Mary-Louise Parker, actress born in Fort Jackson, best-known works include Fried Green Tomatoes, Boys on the Side, Proof, The West Wing, Angels in America, and her current role on Showtime's Weeds.
  • William Perry, better known as "The Refrigerator", became a household name after helping lead the Chicago Bears to the Super Bowl in the 1985/86 season.^ Naraine played collegiate soccer for nationally-ranked North Carolina Wesleyan College, helping lead the program to the NCAA Division III National Tournament in 1984.

     ^ He was named the league's Coach of the Year in 1995 after leading the Ruckus to a national runner-up finish.

     He played college football at Clemson University. He lives in his hometown of Aiken.
  • John Phillips (1935-2001), best known as the founding member of The Mamas and The Papas. He was born in Parris Island.
  • Bill Pinkney (1925-2007), was a performer and singer that was a member of the doo wop/R&B group, The Drifters. Pinkney was born in Dalzell.
  • Melvin Purvis (1903-1960), FBI agent who captured more public enemies than anyone, including John Dillinger. .He was born in Timmonsville.
  • Jim Rice (1953- ), longtime star of the Boston Red Sox who won the American League Most Valuable Player award in 1978. Native of Anderson.
  • James Oliver Rigney, Jr. (October 17, 1948 - September 16, 2007)), best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series under the pen name Robert Jordan.^ Best time for apple picking is mid September till mid October.
    • Where to find pick your own farms and orchards in South Carolina for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and Christmas trees. 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.pickyourown.org [Source type: General]

     ^ Charleston - The Dockstreet Theatre - best known as the most haunted place in Charleston.
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     ^ Adair coached 14 All-Americans, including Wojtek Krakowiak, who won the 1998 Herman Award.

     .Rigney was born in Charleston and holds an undergraduate degree in physics from The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina.
  • Julie Roberts (1979- ) born in Lancaster.^ Lancaster (South Carolina) .
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     ^ Charleston (South Carolina) .
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     .Country singer best known for her 2004 hit "Break Down Here". Received Top New Artist and Top New Female Vocalist nominations from The Academy of Country Music for her 2004 debut album "Julie Roberts".
  • Chris Rock (born February 7, 1965), an American stand-up comedian and actor born in Andrews.
  • Darius Rucker (1966-), lead singer of "Hootie and the Blowfish", was born in, and now resides near, Charleston.
  • Blue Sky (1938-), internationally-recognized painter and sculptor, was born in Columbia and has lived there for the majority of his life
  • Shawnee Smith (July 3, 1970), film and television actress, was born in Orangeburg
  • W. Thomas Smith Jr. (1959-), internationally recognized author and columnist, was born in Columbia.
  • Angie Stone (born January 30, 1961), a Grammy Award-nominated American R&B and neo soul singer and songwriter from Columbia.
  • Melanie Thornton (1967-2001), R&B/Pop/Dance Singer (former member of La Bouche), born in Charleston, died in a plane crash near Bassersdorf (Zürich), (Switzerland).
  • Strom Thurmond (1902 – 2003), born in Edgefield in 1902. South Carolina governor from 1947 – 1951, and in 1954 became the first and only United States Senator elected by a write-in vote.^ She now haunts down there near the furnace.
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     ^ The inaugural “Clash of the Carolinas”, title sponsored by Columbia United FC, will take place on Saturday, July 7 at Daniel Island’s Blackbaud Stadium, home of the USL First Division Charleston Battery.

     ^ Spartanburg - Converse College - Williams dorm - there is a ghost in the laundry room of a little boy who used to live here when converse was a boarding school campus.
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     In 1997, Senator Thurmond became the oldest and longest serving member of the U.S. Senate. In January 2003, at age 100, Thurmond retired from public service after his eighth term. He returned to his hometown where he died June 26, 2003.
  • Aaron Tippin grew up in Greenville and started singing on his family’s farm. He is now a country music star with several country hits to his credit.
  • Charles Townes (1915-), physicist and astronomer from Greenville, graduated from Furman University; winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize for Physics for his contributions to the invention of the laser and maser. He is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of California-Berkeley.
  • Josh Turner (born November 20, 1977 in Hannah) is an American country music singer. Turner possesses a very distinctive bass voice
  • John B. Watson psychologist, father of the Behaviorism movement
  • Shawn Weatherly, Miss Universe 1980, the second woman from South Carolina and fifth from the U.S. to win the title. .She also played Jill Riley in Season 1 of Baywatch.
  • William Westmoreland -- (born Spartanburg County, March 26, 1914 – July 18, 2005) was at one point commander of all United States ground forces in Vietnam and was also Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
  • Vanna White, "Wheel of Fortune" game show hostess since 1982, hails from North Myrtle Beach.
  • Paul Wight (1972 — ), born in Aiken, Wight also known as the Big Show, he is a professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler now working for World Wrestling Entertainment's ECW brand.
  • Maurice Williams (1938-)
  • Mookie Wilson is a former Major League Baseball player from Bamberg that played for the New York Mets and the Toronto Blue Jays
  • Marian Wright Edelman (from Bennettsville), the founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund and the first Black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar.
  • Joanne Woodward born in Thomasville graduated from Greenville High School in Greenville.
  • Reggie Sanders, Major League baseball player, born December 1, 1967 in Florence, SC; played for Spartanburg Methodist College; currently an outfielder for the Kansas City Royals, his eighth Major League team
  • Ryan Nelson (1992-) an actress born in Orangeburg and raised in Columbia
  • Sheldon Brown (March 19, 1979-) cornerback for the NFL Team the Philadelphia Eagles.^ Both teams fielded a majority of first team players in the first half.

     ^ We not only have properties in the large cities like Charleston, Greenville and Columbia, but you can also find deals in Myrtle Beach as well as in the more rural areas of South Carolina.
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     ^ This will be the first Carolina Challenge Cup since MLS adopted its new designated player rule allowing MLS teams the ability to acquire players outside the $2 million-per-team salary cap; the rule is designed to draw high-profile stars to the league.

     He was born in Lancaster, SC and attended Lewisville High School in Richburg and played college football at the University of South Carolina.

Alcohol laws

Prohibition was a major issue in the state's history. .Voters endorsed prohibition in 1892 but instead were given the "Dispensary System" of state-owned liquor stores, They soon became symbols of political corruption controlled by Ben Tillman's machine and were shut down in 1907. Today, most counties in South Carolina do not allow the sale of alcohol on Sunday, but counties and cities can apply referendums to overturn this.^ His teams won eight state championships and he was tabbed South Carolina’s Coach of the Year eight consecutive seasons.

 ^ She was the first woman in the State of South Carolina tried by a court and sentenced to death for witchcraft.
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 ^ Apartment, condo and house rentals in South Carolina - find your next rental today with KwikRents™.
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 Six counties currently allow Sunday alcohol sales; Richland County, Lexington, Georgetown, Charleston, Beaufort and Horry. .Cities and towns that have passed laws allowing Sunday alcohol sales include Spartanburg, Greenville, Aiken, Rock Hill, Summerville, Santee, Daniel Island and Tega Cay.^ GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
  • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]
.While there are no dry counties in South Carolina, certain counties enforce time restrictions for alcohol sales in stores (e.g., no sales after 2 AM in Pickens County) while others do not (in-store alcohol sales are allowed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in Charleston, excluding liquor which must be purchased before 7 PM).^ South Carolina Gas Prices reserves the right to make changes to any of the site content at any time without notice.

 ^ RealtyTrac's vast database of properties includes bank owned homes, trustee sales, South Carolina foreclosure auctions, as well as pre-foreclosures.
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 ^ Directions: 3 miles off I-20 at exit 33 in Aiken County, South Carolina.
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 .Columbia, the state's capital and largest city and the home of the University of South Carolina, takes one of the more relaxed stances on alcohol sales in bars.^ The inaugural “Clash of the Carolinas”, title sponsored by Columbia United FC, will take place on Saturday, July 7 at Daniel Island’s Blackbaud Stadium, home of the USL First Division Charleston Battery.

 ^ In Monroe take 601 South which turns into 151 South in South Carolina.
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 ^ South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Skip to Content www.bls.gov Search: All BLS.gov .
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 Many bars, especially those catering to younger crowds in the busy Five Points district, serves alcohol until sunrise, and it is not unheard of for bars and clubs to serve alcohol until 6 AM, although the per-se legality of this practice is debatable.
.Before 2006, South Carolina was infamous amongst tourists and residents alike for being the last state in the nation to require cocktails and liquor drinks to be mixed using minibottles, like those found on airplanes, instead of from free-pour bottles.^ Columbia - University of South Carolina - In the catacombs, there is supposed to be a 'Third Eye Man', a ghost with what looks like a third eye in the middle of his forehead.
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 ^ South Carolina on Friday, returns eight starters from last years 11-7-1 squad that finished third in the SoCon with a 4-2-1 mark.

 ^ His teams won eight state championships and he was tabbed South Carolina’s Coach of the Year eight consecutive seasons.

 The original logic behind this law was twofold: it made alcohol taxation simpler and allowed bar patrons to receive a standardized amount of alcohol in each drink. However, minibottles contain 1.75 OZ (52 ml) of alcohol, approximately 30% more than the typical 1.2 OZ (35 ml) found in free-pour drinks, with the obvious result of overly strong cocktails and inebriated bar customers. The law was changed in 2006 to allow both free-pour and minibottles in bars, and the vast majority of bars quickly eschewed minibottles in favor of free-pour.[13]

Patron Saint of South Carolina's Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, the Roman Catholic Church in South Carolina has as its patron saint, St. John the Baptist.

South Carolina singularities

  • Adjutant general: The head of the state's national guard, the adjutant general, is a statewide elected official.[14]
    • .
  • Driving Under the Influence: South Carolina is the only state in the nation with mandatory videotaping by the arresting officer of the DUI arrest and breath test.^ His teams won eight state championships and he was tabbed South Carolina’s Coach of the Year eight consecutive seasons.

     ^ South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Skip to Content www.bls.gov Search: All BLS.gov .
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     ^ She was the first woman in the State of South Carolina tried by a court and sentenced to death for witchcraft.
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    • .
  • Fire Safety Regulations: South Carolina is the only state that allows fire officials to sidestep a federal regulation requiring that for every employee doing hazardous work inside a building, one must be outside.^ Spartanburg - Broome high school - Many teachers at Broome high school have told the story of a construction worker that helped build the school and had to bring his daughter to work with him one day.
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     ^ South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Skip to Content www.bls.gov Search: All BLS.gov .
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     ^ Official Website of the South Carolina Youth Soccer Association www.scysa.org .

     [16]
    • .
  • School Buses: South Carolina is the only state in the nation that owns and operates its own school bus fleet.^ The South Carolina Americas Relocation Home Services members are here to provide you with South Carolina home relocation services and intimate local knowledge that only local South Carolina Realtors might possess.

     ^ This high school All-Star match will feature 32 of the top boys and girls seniors in North Carolina and South Carolina.

     ^ South Carolina - 2000 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Skip to Content www.bls.gov Search: All BLS.gov .
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     [17][18]
    • .
  • Strokes: South Carolina has the highest rate of stroke deaths in the nation.^ She was the first woman in the State of South Carolina tried by a court and sentenced to death for witchcraft.
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     ^ Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service .
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     [19]
    • .
  • Black Water River: With the Edisto River, South Carolina has the longest completely undammed / unleveed blackwater river in North America.^ This high school All-Star match will feature 32 of the top boys and girls seniors in North Carolina and South Carolina.

     ^ THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
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     ^ FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1119 AM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CAROLINA...
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     [20]
    • .
  • Outdoor Sculpture: South Carolina is home to the world's largest collection of outdoor sculpture located at Brookgreen Gardens.^ RealtyTrac's vast database of properties includes bank owned homes, trustee sales, South Carolina foreclosure auctions, as well as pre-foreclosures.
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     ^ These occupational employment and wage estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry divisions in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in South Carolina.
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     ^ Search FREE and find your South Carolina dream home TODAY! .
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     [21]
    • .
  • Landscaped Gardens: South Carolina is home to the oldest landscaped gardens in the United States, at Middleton Place near Charleston.^ RealtyTrac's vast database of properties includes bank owned homes, trustee sales, South Carolina foreclosure auctions, as well as pre-foreclosures.
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     ^ The South Carolina Americas Relocation Home Services members are here to provide you with South Carolina home relocation services and intimate local knowledge that only local South Carolina Realtors might possess.

     ^ According to local legend her ghost can be seen as she continues to walk to streets and roads in and near Camden, South Carolina, still looking for her lover.
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     [22]
  • Public Museum: The first public museum in the Americas was the Charleston Museum, founded in 1773.[23]
  • Opera: The first opera performed in the Americas was performed in Charleston on February 18, 1735.[24]

Sister States

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Elevations and Distances in the United States. U.S Geological Survey (29 April 2005). Retrieved on November 7, 2006.
  2. ^ South Carolina, State of (1984), S.C. Code of Laws, SECTION 1-1-680. Official State fruit., http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t01c001.htm, retrieved 2007-07-15 
  3. ^ South Carolina, State of (1984), S.C. Code of Laws, SECTION 1-1-690. Official State beverage., http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t01c001.htm, retrieved 2007-07-15 
  4. ^ South Carolina, State of (1995), S.C. Code of Laws, SECTION 1-1-692. Official State hospitality beverage., http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t01c001.htm, retrieved 2007-07-15 
  5. ^ South Carolina, State of (2006), S.C. Code of Laws, SECTION 1-1-682. Official state snack food., http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t01c001.htm, retrieved 2007-07-15 
  6. ^ [1] NOAA National Climatic Data Center. Retrieved on October 24, 2006.
  7. ^ Video Poker Outlawed In South Carolina
  8. ^ Statement by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division regarding the change of Video Poker Machine Laws
  9. ^ Young, Richard (May 2005). The High School Crisis in the United States and South Carolina: The Problems Related to Dropouts and Recommended Solutions (HTML). University of South Carolina College Arts and Sciences’ Institute for Public Service and Policy Research. Retrieved on 2007-05-22.
  10. ^ Myrtle Beach Golf.
  11. ^ GolfDigest.com - America's 50 Toughest Golf Courses
  12. ^ GolfDigest.com - America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses
  13. ^ "S.C. operators stand ready to toast new free-pour law",
  14. ^ Restructuring proposal threatens checks and balances
  15. ^ South Carolina DUI LAW
  16. ^ Officials Investigate South Carolina Fire Tragedy. AP
  17. ^ Parents Pummeled by South Carolina Legislators. School Reform News. The Heartland Institute.
  18. ^ A review of SC School Bus Operations. South Carolina Legislative Audit Council. October 2001.
  19. ^ SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
  20. ^ [[Edisto River|]]
  21. ^ Brookgreen Gardens
  22. ^ Middleton Place
  23. ^ Charleston Museum
  24. ^ South Carolina State Library

Further reading

Textbooks and surveys

  • Bass, Jack. .Porgy Comes Home: South Carolina After 300 Years,.^ Home > Alerts > South Carolina .
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     ^ The South Carolina Americas Relocation Home Services members are here to provide you with South Carolina home relocation services and intimate local knowledge that only local South Carolina Realtors might possess.

     ^ South Carolina on Friday, returns eight starters from last years 11-7-1 squad that finished third in the SoCon with a 4-2-1 mark.

     Sandlapper, 1970. OCLC 724061
ISBN 9999555071
  • Edgar, Walter. .South Carolina: A History, University of South Carolina Press, 1998. ISBN 1-57003-255-6
  • Edgar, Walter, ed.^ Columbia - University of South Carolina - In the catacombs, there is supposed to be a 'Third Eye Man', a ghost with what looks like a third eye in the middle of his forehead.
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     The South Carolina Encyclopedia, University of South Carolina Press, 2006. ISBN 1-57003-598-2
  • George C. Rogers Jr. and C. James Taylor. A South Carolina Chronology, 1497-1992, 2nd Ed.,. .University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC, 1994. ISBN 0-87249-971-5
  • Wallace, David Duncan.^ Columbia - University of South Carolina - In the catacombs, there is supposed to be a 'Third Eye Man', a ghost with what looks like a third eye in the middle of his forehead.
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     ^ South Carolina Gamecocks Merchandise, University of South Carolina Apparel and Gifts - Yahoo!
    • South Carolina Gamecocks Merchandise, University of South Carolina Apparel and Gifts - Yahoo! Sports Shop 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC yahoosports.teamfanshop.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     South Carolina: A Short History, 1520-1948 (1951) ISBN 0-87249-079-3
  • WPA. South Carolina: A Guide to the Palmetto State (1941) ASIN B000HM05WE
  • Wright, Louis B. South Carolina: A Bicentennial History' (1977) ISBN 0-393-05560-4

Scholarly secondary studies

  • Bass, Jack and Marilyn W. Thompson. Ol' Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond,. Longstreet Press, 1998.
  • Busick, Sean R. A Sober Desire for History: William Gilmore Simms as Historian., 2005. ISBN 1-57003-565-2.
  • Clarke, Erskine. .Our Southern Zion: A History of Calvinism in the South Carolina Low Country, 1690-1990 (1996)
  • Channing, Steven.^ Learn about home based businesses, low cost and cheap franchises, and all business opportunities available in South Carolina.
    • South Carolina franchises for sale - Franchise Gator.com 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.franchisegator.com [Source type: General]

     Crisis of Fear: Secession in South Carolina (1970)
  • Cohodas, Nadine. Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change,. .Simon & Schuster, 1993.
  • Coit, Margaret L. John C. Calhoun: American Portrait (1950)
  • Crane, Verner W. The Southern Frontier, 1670-1732 (1956)
  • Ford Jr., Lacy K. Origins of Southern Radicalism: The South Carolina Upcountry, 1800-1860 (1991)
  • Hindus, Michael S. Prison and Plantation: Crime, Justice, and Authority in Massachusetts and South Carolina, 1767-1878 (1980)
  • Johnson Jr., George Lloyd.^ Calhoun (South Carolina) .
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     ^ (King Haigler was an American Catawba Indian who befriended Europeans in South Carolina).
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     .The Frontier in the Colonial South: South Carolina Backcountry, 1736-1800 (1997)
  • Jordan, Jr., Frank E. The Primary State - A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962, Columbia, SC, 1967
  • Keyserling, Harriet.^ REALTORS®** South Carolina (SC) Population Statistics [-] .

     ^ We are experienced with moving both residential relocation to South Carolina, corporate relocation, employee relocation to South Carolina, commercial relocation to South Carolina and military relocation to South Carolina including the surrounding SC areas.

     ^ South Carolina (SC) Owner Occupied Housing Units & Values [-] .

     Against the Tide: One Woman's Political Struggle. .University of South Carolina Press, 1998.
  • Kantrowitz, Stephen.^ South Carolina Gamecocks Merchandise, University of South Carolina Apparel and Gifts - Yahoo!
    • South Carolina Gamecocks Merchandise, University of South Carolina Apparel and Gifts - Yahoo! Sports Shop 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC yahoosports.teamfanshop.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Columbia - University of South Carolina - In the catacombs, there is supposed to be a 'Third Eye Man', a ghost with what looks like a third eye in the middle of his forehead.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     .Ben Tillman & the Reconstruction of White Supremacy (2002)
  • Lau, Peter F. Democracy Rising: South Carolina And the Fight for Black Equality Since 1865 (2006)
  • Peirce, Neal R. The Deep South States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Seven Deep South States; (1974)
  • Rogers, George C. Evolution of a Federalist: William Loughton Smith of Charleston (1758-1812) (1962)
  • Schultz Harold S. Nationalism and Sectionalism in South Carolina, 1852-1860 (1950)
  • Simon, Bryant.^ The South Carolina Americas Relocation Home Services members are here to provide you with South Carolina home relocation services and intimate local knowledge that only local South Carolina Realtors might possess.

     ^ Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service .
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     ^ He also is a state coach for the South Carolina Girl’s Soccer Olympic Development Program.

     A Fabric of Defeat: The Politics of South Carolina Millhands, 1910-1948 (1998)
  • Simkins, Francis Butler. The Tillman Movement in South Carolina (1926)
  • Simkins, Francis Butler. .Pitchfork Ben Tillman: South Carolinian (1944)
  • Simkins, Francis Butler, and Robert Hilliard Woody.^ Acquiring the nickname "Pitchfork Ben," he died an angry old man, and is still said to haunt the upper two floors of Tillman Hall.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     South Carolina during Reconstruction (1932).
  • Sinha, Manisha. The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina (2000)
  • Smith, Warren B. White Servitude in Colonial South Carolina (1961)
  • Tullos, Allen Habits of Industry: White Culture and the Transformation of the Carolina Piedmont (1989)
  • Williamson Joel R. After Slavery: The Negro in South Carolina during Reconstruction, 1861-1877 (1965)
  • Wood, Peter H. Black Majority: Negroes in Colonial South Carolina from 1670 Through the Stono Rebellion (1996)

Local studies

  • Bass, Jack and Jack Nelson.The Orangeburg Massacre,. Mercer University Press, 1992.
  • Burton, Orville Vernon. .In My Father's House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina (1985), social history
  • Carlton, David L. Mill and Town in South Carolina, 1880-1920 (1982)
  • Clarke, Erskine.^ Edgefield (South Carolina) .
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     ^ Spartanberg - Clifton – The Old Mill House - Rumor is the owner of the plantation killed his family, then himself.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Apartment, condo and house rentals in South Carolina - find your next rental today with KwikRents™.
    • South Carolina Apartment Rentals 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.kwikrents.com [Source type: Academic]

     .Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic (2005)
  • Danielson, Michael N. Profits and Politics in Paradise: The Development of Hilton Head Island,.^ Hilton Head Plantation, SC .
    • South Carolina Apartment Rentals 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.kwikrents.com [Source type: Academic]

     ^ HILTON HEAD ISLAND .
    • Amateur and GMRS radio repeaters in South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.artscipub.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Hilton Head Island - Baynard Plantation - William Baynard's funeral procession can be seen passing by the ruins of the home and his tomb.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     .University of South Carolina Press, 1995.
  • Doyle, Don H. New Men, New Cities, New South: Atlanta, Nashville, Charleston, Mobile, 1860-1910 (1990)
  • Huff, Jr., Archie Vernon.^ Both teams are back in action Saturday as the Carolina Challenge Cup concludes with Toronto facing Charleston and New York taking on Houston.

     ^ Charleston (South Carolina) .
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     ^ Ralph Polson , longtime men’s assistant men’s coach at The College of Charleston, has been hired as the new men’s head coach at Wofford College.

     .Greenville: The History of the City and County in the South Carolina Piedmont, University of South Carolina Press, 1995.
  • Moore, John Hammond.^ Directions: 3 miles off I-20 at exit 33 in Aiken County, South Carolina.
    • Where to find pick your own farms and orchards in South Carolina for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and Christmas trees. 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.pickyourown.org [Source type: General]

     ^ PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     ^ IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ELBERT FRANKLIN HART IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE GREENWOOD LAURENS THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...CARNESVILLE...
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     .Columbia and Richland County: A South Carolina Community, 1740-1990, University of South Carolina Press, 1993.
  • Moredock, Will.^ Directions: 3 miles off I-20 at exit 33 in Aiken County, South Carolina.
    • Where to find pick your own farms and orchards in South Carolina for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and Christmas trees. 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.pickyourown.org [Source type: General]

     ^ PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     ^ GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
    • Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Carolina Issued by the National Weather Service 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC www.nws.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

     Banana Republic: A Year in the Heart of Myrtle Beach,. Frontline Press, 2003.
  • Pease, William H. and Jane H. Pease. The Web of Progress: Private Values and Public Styles in Boston and Charleston, 1828-1843 (1985),
  • Robertson, Ben. Red Hills and Cotton,. USC Press (reprint), 1991.
  • Rose, Willie Lee. Rehearsal for Reconstruction: The Port Royal Experiment (1964)

Political science

  • Carter, Luther F. and David Mann, eds. Government in the Palmetto State: Toward the 21st century,. .University of South Carolina, 1993.ISBN 0-917069-01-3
  • Graham, Cole Blease and William V. Moore.^ Columbia - University of South Carolina - In the catacombs, there is supposed to be a 'Third Eye Man', a ghost with what looks like a third eye in the middle of his forehead.
    • Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - South Carolina 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC theshadowlands.net [Source type: Original source]

     ^ South Carolina Gamecocks Merchandise, University of South Carolina Apparel and Gifts - Yahoo!
    • South Carolina Gamecocks Merchandise, University of South Carolina Apparel and Gifts - Yahoo! Sports Shop 24 January 2010 17:44 UTC yahoosports.teamfanshop.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     South Carolina Politics and Government. Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1994. ISBN 0-8032-7043-7
  • Tyer, Charlie. ed. South Carolina Government: An Introduction,. USC Institute for Public Affairs, 2002. ISBN 0-917069-12-9

Primary documents

  • Salley, Alexander S. ed. Narratives of Early Carolina, 1650-1708 (1911) ISBN 0-7812-6298-4
  • Woodmason Charles. The Carolina Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution Edited by Richard J. Hooker. (1953), a missionary reports ISBN 0-8078-4035-1

External links

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Simple English

State of South Carolina
File:Flag of South [[File:|100px|State seal of South Carolina]]
Flag of South Carolina Seal of South Carolina
Also called: The Palmetto State
Saying(s): Dum spiro spero; Animis opibusque parati
[[File:|center|Map of the United States with South Carolina highlighted]]
Official language(s) English
Capital Charleston (1670-1789)
Columbia (1790-present)
Largest city Columbia
Largest metro area Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson
Area  Ranked 40th
 - Total 34,726 sq mi
(82,965 km²)
 - Width 200 miles (320 km)
 - Length 260 miles (420 km)
 - % water 6
 - Latitude 32°4'30"N to 35°12'N
 - Longitude 78°0'30"W to 83°20'W
Number of people  Ranked 24th
 - Total (2010) {{{2010Pop}}}
 - Density {{{2010DensityUS}}}/sq mi 
{{{2010Density}}}/km² (21st)
Height above sea level  
 - Highest point Sassafras Mountain[1]
3,560 ft  (1,085 m)
 - Average 350 ft  (110 m)
 - Lowest point Atlantic Ocean[1]
0 ft  (0 m)
Became part of the U.S.  May 23, 1788 (8th)
Governor Mark Sanford (R)
U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R)
Jim DeMint (R)
Time zone Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Abbreviations SC US-SC
Web site www.sc.gov

South Carolina is a state in the southeast United States. Its capital and largest city is Columbia. The population of the state is about 4.2 million people, ranked 24th in the United States. The state is relatively small in land area, ranked 40th largest.

Other important cities in South Carolina are Charleston, Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Sumter, and Florence.

Major landforms include beaches, "barrier islands", salt marsh, sand hills, rolling piedmont, and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Because of its natural beauty, the state attracts many tourists, especially to Myrtle Beach, Charleston, and Hilton Head Island.

South Carolina became a state in 1788. The economy was agriculture-based, known for cotton, rice, indigo, and tobacco. After the American Civil War, the state lost much of its political and economic power. Towards the end of the 20th century, the state began to strengthen its economy and add population. Today, the major industries are tourism, textiles (clothing materials), and manufacturing. South Carolina has the second highest number of workers employed by international companies per capita in the United States.

South Carolina is bounded to the north by North Carolina, to the south and west by Georgia, located across the Savannah River, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". U.S Geological Survey. 29 April 2005. http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html#Highest. Retrieved 2006-11-7. 
 
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State of South Carolina
Columbia (capital)
Regions

Atlantic Coastal Plain | Blue Ridge Mountains | Grand Strand | High Hills of Santee | Lake Murray Country | The Lowcountry | Metrolina | The Midlands | Olde English District | Old 96 District | Pee Dee | Piedmont | Sandhills | Sea Islands | The Upstate

Larger cities

Charleston | Columbia | Greenville | Mount Pleasant | Myrtle Beach | North Charleston | Rock Hill | Spartanburg

Smaller cities

Aiken | Anderson | Beaufort | Bennettsville | Camden | Cayce | Clemson | Easley | Florence | Forest Acres | Gaffney | Greenwood | Greer | Georgetown | Hilton Head Island | Isle of Palms | Lexington | Mauldin | North Augusta | North Myrtle Beach | Orangeburg | Simpsonville | Summerville | Sumter | Union | Walterboro | West Columbia | York

Towns

Abbeville | Barnwell | Batesburg-Leesville | Cheraw | Dillon | Darlington | Edgefield | Fort Mill | Fountain Inn | Hardeeville | Irmo | Liberty | Moncks Corner | McCormick | Marion | Newberry | Pendleton | Pickens | Round 0 | Seneca | Sullivan's Island | Travelers Rest | Walhalla | Westminster | Williamston

CDPs

Berea | Carolina Forest | Dentsville | Gantt | Ladson | Parker | Red Hill | Saint Andrews | Seven Oaks | Socastee | Taylors | Wade Hampton

Counties

Abbeville | Aiken | Allendale | Anderson | Bamberg | Barnwell | Beaufort | Berkeley | Calhoun | Charleston | Cherokee | Chester | Chesterfield | Clarendon | Colleton | Darlington | Dillon | Dorchester | Edgefield | Fairfield | Florence | Georgetown | Greenville | Greenwood | Hampton | Horry | Jasper | Kershaw | Lancaster | Laurens | Lee | Lexington | Marion | Marlboro | McCormick | Newberry | Oconee | Orangeburg | Pickens | Richland | Saluda | Spartanburg | Sumter | Union | Williamsburg | York

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