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Abbeville is a city and county seat of Abbeville County, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is located 86 miles (138 km) west of Columbia and 45 miles (72 km) south of Greenville . [ 7 ]
Both Abbeville County and the county seat, Abbeville, get their name from the town of Abbeville, France, the native home of an early settler. [4] [5] The county was originally part of Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, but was designated Abbeville County in 1785, with parts of the county later going to the creation of the counties of Greenwood and McCormick. [5]
September 14, 1972 (Roughly bounded by the former Seaboard Coast Line tracks, South Carolina Highway 72, Rickey, Haight, Hemphill, and Haigler Sts.; also roughly east of Magazine St., south of Whitehall St., northwest along Long Branch St., west of Lemon St., and north along Washington St.; also roughly west along N. Main St. from Haigler to Livingston Sts., north along Greenville St., and ...
Abbeville Historic District is a historic district in Abbeville, South Carolina. It includes several properties listed separately in the National Register of Historic Places, including the Abbeville County Courthouse and the Abbeville Opera House. [2] The district was listed in National Register on September 14, 1972. [3]
Steven Bixby is currently on South Carolina's death row at the Broad River Secure Facility in Richland County. On October 26, 2007, an Abbeville County, South Carolina jury found Rita Leona Bixby (née Greenwood; August 4, 1932 – September 12, 2011) guilty of two counts of accessory before the fact of murder and one count of conspiracy. She ...
The Burt-Stark Mansion, also known as Armistead Burt House, in Abbeville, South Carolina was the site of the last Council of War of cabinet members of the Confederate government. On May 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis , hoping to continue the struggle, met unanimous opposition and realized the Confederate independence cause was lost.
Frazier-Pressley House is an octagon house that is a contributing property in the Cedar Springs Historic District, in Abbeville, South Carolina. The Frazier-Pressley House is a three-story, stuccoed brick building. It is believed that it was built for Captain James W. Frazier in 1852 to 1856.
South Carolina's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in western South Carolina bordering both Georgia and North Carolina.It includes all of Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens, and Saluda counties and portions of Greenville and Newberry counties.