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Oak Island (South Carolina) Oak Island, also known as the William Seabrook, Jr. House, is a historic plantation house located at Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was built about 1828–1831, and is a 21⁄2 -story, five-bay, rectangular, central-hall, frame, weatherboard-clad residence with a projecting two-story rear pavilion.
Oak Island is a seaside town located in the southeastern corner of North Carolina, United States. Part of Brunswick County, the major portion of the town is on Oak Island which it shares with Caswell Beach. Founded in 1999 as the result of the consolidation of two existing towns, Oak Island's main industry is tourism.
[6] [11] Additionally, it was the site where some of the first African-Americans were mustered into the U.S. Army, [11] as enlisted soldiers in the 1st South Carolina Volunteers. [12] The Emancipation Oak, an oak tree, is located in a nearby grove. [11] The area is now part of Naval Hospital Beaufort. [11]
Angel Oak, Johns Island, South Carolina. The Angel Oak is a living Southern live oak tree on Johns Island. [5] Once believed to be 1500 years old, current estimates of the oak's age are 400 to 500 years. [5] [6] The oak is 65 ft (20 m) tall, with a trunk circumference of 25.5 ft (7.8 m). [11]
Oak Island is located on the Atlantic Ocean coast in Brunswick County, North Carolina near the South Carolina border. A barrier island, it contains the towns of Oak Island and Caswell Beach, Fort Caswell (since 1949 home to the North Carolina Baptist Assembly) and the Oak Island Coast Guard Station which is co-located with the Oak Island Lighthouse.
Hilton Head Island, often referred to as simply Hilton Head, is a Lowcountry resort town and barrier island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. [ 7 ] It is 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Savannah, Georgia (as the crow flies), and 95 miles (153 km) southwest of Charleston. The year-round population was 37,661 at the 2020 census ...
Edisto Island is one of South Carolina 's Sea Islands, the larger part of which lies in Charleston County, with its southern tip in Colleton County. Edisto Beach is in Colleton County, and the Charleston County part of the island is unincorporated. The island, the town, and the Edisto River are named after the historic Edistow people, a Native ...
These listings illustrate some of the history and contributions of African Americans in South Carolina. Contents: Counties in South Carolina with African American Historic Places. Abbeville - Aiken - Allendale Anderson - Bamberg - Barnwell - Beaufort - Berkeley - Calhoun - Charleston - Cherokee - Chester - Chesterfield - Clarendon - Colleton ...