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Exploration and settlement

Explorers, land grants and boundary lines, and where towns, counties, inns and resorts began. 256 places on the trail.

Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)

02-58"The Middle Road"This road began as a Native American trading path that ran from the fall line of the Savannah River to Charleston. By th...
07-01BeaufortSecond Oldest Town In South Carolina/Authorized by the Lords Proprietors, December 20, 1710,/ Chartered January 17, 1711...
45-06Black Mingo-WilltownBy 1760, Charles Woodmason had established a store near here, following a 1745 Act of the General Assembly that provided...
34-03Britton's NeckOne of the oldest settlements in Marion County, Britton's Neck lay between Great and Little Pee Dee Rivers extending nor...
09-05Calhoun CountyFirst settled in 1704, this region by 1733 included Amelia and lower Saxe Gotha townships. In 1765 much of it was made p...
28-04CamdenThis area, first held by Wateree and Catawba Indians, was laid out as Fredericksburg Township in 1733. Here on the Cataw...
37-27Cane Creek TownThis section of Oconee County was Cherokee land until 1777. Located north of here on the banks of Cane Creek was a small...
08-69Carnes CrossroadsCarnes Crossroads was part of a 3,000 acre royal grant to Joseph Thorowgood in 1682. Later, the Etiwan, Native Americans...
10-84Charles TowneThe first permanent English settlement in what is now S.C. was established here in 1670. Named for King Charles II, the ...
37-16Chattooga TownChattooga was one of the Cherokee “Lower Towns” in what is now S.C. during the 17th and early 18th centuries and was a s...
37-22Chauga TownChauga, one of the Cherokee “Lower Towns” in what is now S.C., was near the headwaters of the Chauga River. It, like man...
37-21Cheowee TownCheowee Town, sometimes spelled “Chehohee,” and meaning “otter place,” was one of several Cherokee “Lower Towns” in what...
39-23Cherokee PathThe Cherokee Path was once part of an important trade network that connected the Upper, Middle, and Lower Cherokee towns...
27-18CoosawatchieCoosawhatchie, dating to the 1740s, was named for the Coosaw tribe. At first it was little more than a store and inn bui...
40-42Early Richland County SettlementsFirst settlements made about 1740 on this creek, originally called Raiford's, now Mill Creek. Howell's Ferry across Cong...
39-24Eastatoee ValleyHuman settlement in this valley dates to the Clovis people, present as early as 13,000 years ago. By the early 1700s, th...
15-28Edisto IslandThis roughly 68-sq.-mi. sea island has been known as Edisto since at least the 1600s when it was occupied by the Edisto ...
08-84Etiwan IslandPrior to European settlement this island was inhabited by the Etiwan Indians. Archaeological excavations in nearby area ...
08-86Etiwan VillageIn this area is the site of an Etiwan Indian village. The earliest record of the Etiwan tribe is a 1609 report from a Sp...
07-47Gardens CornerGardens Corner was a junction of two significant roads long before the American Revolution. The King’s Highway (now U.S....
22-02GeorgetownGeorgetown, the third oldest town in the state, was laid out in 1729 by Elisha Screven on land granted to John and Edwar...
22-18GeorgetownShips and boats have loaded and unloaded cargo at the Sampit River near Front Street since the founding of Georgetown, c...
08-50Goose CreekThis area has been called Goose Creek since the late 17th century. For almost 200 years after the Lords Proprietors gran...
10-129Hampstead VillageThis site was the center of Hampstead Village, a suburb of Charleston laid out for Henry Laurens in 1769. The village’s ...
07-11Hilton HeadA prominent landmark for mariners since the voyages of the early Spanish explorers, this headland was known to the Engli...
37-14Jocassee TownJocassee was one of several Cherokee “Lower Towns” in what is now S.C. It was located about 2 mi. E on the Jocassee Rive...
37-11Keowee TownKeowee Town, which means “mulberry grove place,” was the largest and most important of the Cherokee “Lower Towns” in wha...
21-28Lake CityThis area, in what was then Williamsburg Township, was settled as early as 1754 by members of the Dick, Graham, McAllist...
37-12Oconee TownOconee, also spelled “Aconnee,” was one of the Cherokee “Lower Towns” in what is now S.C. At the base of Oconee Mountain...
18-01Old DorchesterLaid out in 1697 as a market town for the Congregationalist colony from Dorchester, Mass., the village contained 116 qua...
15-01Old JacksonboroughFounded about 1735 on lands granted John Jackson in 1701. County Seat of Colleton District from 1799 to 1822. Provisiona...
08-17Old JamestownAfter receiving a proprietary land grant of 370 acres in 1705, French settlers laid out the town of Jamestown, c. 2 mi. ...
08-02Old Moncks CornerHere was located the provincial town of Moncks Corner, deriving its name from Thomas Monck, an Englishman, who in 1735 p...
27-03Purrysburg TownshipIn 1730, the British Crown instructed S.C. Governor Robert Johnson to lay out eleven townships to populate and protect t...
06-20Red Hill at Turkey CreekThis high bluff was called Red Hill in the colonial era. It overlooks Turkey Creek, which flows into the Great Salkehatc...
02-09Savannah TownForerunner of modern towns and highways and known to the English as early as 1685, this Indian town stood at a major nor...
09-00Savany HuntThis stream was originally called Savannah Hunt, but German-speaking settlers about 1740 corrupted the first word and Sa...
26-13SocasteeSocastee is a Native American name referred to as “Sawkastee” in a 1711 land grant to Percival Pawley. A skirmish betwee...
35-05Welsh Neck SettlementWelsh Baptists from Pennsylvania and Delaware settled on the east bank of the Pee Dee as early as 1737. Most of the land...

Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)

South Carolina in the Early Republic (1784-1815)

Antebellum (1816-1860)

Civil War (1861-1865)

Reconstruction (1866-1876)

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World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)

World War II and After (1941-present)

Battlefields, sites and undated markers

39-25Seconee TownSeconee was the easternmost of the documented Cherokee Lower Towns in Upcountry S.C. Situated 1 mi. W in the broad flood...