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Folly Beach is a public city on Folly Island in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,617 at the 2010 census, [ 5 ] up from 2,116 in 2000. Folly Beach is within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Areas.
The Morris Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Morris Island in South Carolina. The light stands on the southern side of the entrance to Charleston Harbor, north of the City of Folly Beach. [2] [3] At 161 ft (49 m), it is the tallest lighthouse in South Carolina. [4] The lighthouse was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
Folly Island is a barrier island in the Atlantic Ocean near Charleston, South Carolina. It is one of the Sea Islands and is within the boundaries of Charleston County, South Carolina . During the American Civil War , the 7-square-mile (18 km 2 ) island served as a major staging area for troops of the Union Army that were attacking Confederate ...
Morris Island is an 840-acre (3.4 km 2) uninhabited island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, accessible only by boat. The island lies in the outer reaches of the harbor and was thus a strategic location in the American Civil War. The island is part of the cities of Charleston and Folly Beach, in Charleston County.
Folly Beach. Camp of Wild’s “African Brigade,” 1863-1864 (HM) Folly North Site (NR) James Island. McLeod Plantation (NR) W. Gresham Meggett High and Elementary School (HM/NR) Simeon Pinckney Homestead (HM) Seashore Farmers' Lodge No. 767 (NR) John's Island. Moving Star Hall (NR) The Progressive Club (NR) Lincolnville, South Carolina
September 12, 1994 (Roughly along the Ashley River from just east of South Carolina Highway 165 to the Seaboard Coast Line railroad bridge: West Ashley: Extends into other parts of Charleston and into Dorchester counties; boundary increase (listed October 22, 2010): Northwest of Charleston between the northeast bank of the Ashley River and the Ashley-Stono Canal and east of Delmar Highway ...
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The racial makeup of the county was 64.2% white, 29.8% black or African American, 1.3% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 2.7% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 5.4% of the population. [ 13 ]