Dillon County
19 places on the trail: 19 highway markers.
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 17-06Catfish Creek Baptist ChurchThis Baptist church, constituted in 1802, has ordained eleven ministers, provided a missionary to Brazil, and has helped...
- 17-03Early Cotton PressThis cotton press, built in 1798 according to tradition, is thought by many to be the oldest in existence. It was first ...
- 17-04Joel Allen HouseThis house, located ¼ mile E, was built about 1857 by Joel Allen, a Baptist minister who organized and served many churc...
- 17-11Pee Dee ChurchDuncan McIntire, a licensed minister who preached in Gaelic for those who could speak no other language, organized this ...
- 17-05Selkirk FarmDavid Satterwhite was granted 177 acres here in 1789 by Charles Pinckney, Governor of S. C. In 1855 this tract passed in...
- 17-01The Meeting HouseOn December 22, 1801, one acre on the north side of Bear Swamp was deeded for the use of the Baptist Society. Local trad...
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
- 17-18Kentyre Presbyterian ChurchKentyre Presbyterian Church traces its origins to meetings held in the home of Peggy Edwards in the 1860s. The congregat...
- 17-07Saint Paul Methodist ChurchThis church was established prior to 1803 and was known as Liberty Chapel. The present structure, built in 1871, is sign...
New South (1877-1913)
- 17-08Dillon CountyOriginally in colonial Craven County, this area became part of Georgetown District, 1769; Liberty County, 1785; Marion D...
- 17-17Dillon Graded School and Dillon Public SchoolThe Dillon School Campus includes a unique collection of educational buildings from different periods, each representing...
- 17-14Ford's Mill & Page's MillIn 1792 Major William Ford built a dam at each end of Bear Swamp, creating a millpond and building a grist mill. This ar...
- 17-02James W. Dillon House MuseumThis house was built in 1890 as the home of James W. Dillon, the father of Dillon County, and is on the National Registe...
- 17-13Main Street Methodist ChurchThis church, founded in 1892, built its first sanctuary at West Main St. and Third Ave., where the Dillon County Courtho...
- 17-19Mount Holly CemeteryIn 1893, T.A. Dillon, J.H. David, D. McLaurin, S.S. Rozier, and F.B. David, trustees for the Mount Holly Cemetery Associ...
- 17-15Pine Hill A.M.E. ChurchThis church, founded in 1876, was in Marion County before Dillon County was created in 1910. At first on S.C. Hwy. 34, t...
- 17-10Reedy Creek SpringsAbout 0.4 mile NW is Reedy Creek Springs, known for the medicinal value of its water. Here, before the turn of the centu...
- 17-12Town of DillonDillon was laid out by civil engineers of the Florence Railroad Company following a plan by John H. David, a local physi...