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Kingville junction

Rail junction, Kingville, South Carolina.

Side
Confederate
Kind
Rail junction
Where
Kingville, South Carolina
Years
1861-1865
Today
Marker only
Civil War Supply Lines

KINGVILLE JUNCTION

Here the South Carolina Railroad's Camden branch left the Charleston to Columbia line. In February 1865 Sherman's troops burned the depot, hotel and sheds and destroyed 3,000 feet of track.

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Kingville

Kingville, a rural community, was established in 1840 as a station on the Louisville, Cincinnati, and Charleston Railroad, on the line from Charleston to Columbia. In 1848 the S.C. Railroad extended its line northeast from here to Camden, making Kingville a significant railroad town. By 1860 it boasted a hotel, post office, shops, offices, and several residences.

40-166Richland County
South Carolina highway marker 40-166. Where it stands

Then

Kingville was the junction where the South Carolina Railroad's Camden branch left the Charleston to Columbia line.

In February 1865 Sherman's troops burned the depot, hotel and sheds and destroyed 3,000 feet of track.

Now

Marker only

The area declined by the mid-20th century. A marker stands at Griffin Creek Road and Kingville Road.

Lines owned by Norfolk Southern run through Kingville today.

Served by

Nearby

Sources

  1. Kingville marker, HMDB