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St. Helena Island is a Sea Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The island is connected to Beaufort by U.S. Highway 21. The island has a land area of about 64 sq mi (170 km 2) and a population of 8,763 as of the 2010 census. It is included as part of the Hilton Head Island-Beaufort Micropolitan Area.
In 1800, all counties were renamed as districts. In 1868, the districts were converted back to counties. [3] The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has maps that show the boundaries of counties, districts, and parishes starting in 1682. [4] Historically, county government in South Carolina has been fairly weak. [5]
The Anglican Parish of St. James is one of the three parishes of the Diocese of St Helena on the island. St James' Church is the primary church in the parish and is the oldest Anglican Church in the southern hemisphere; the present building was put up in 1772. There are 3 daughter churches: St John's, in Upper Jamestown, St Mary's, the Briars ...
South Carolina Highway 41 leads south from Jamestown 32 miles (51 km) to Mount Pleasant in the Charleston area and north 14 miles (23 km) to Andrews. The town is within Francis Marion National Forest. According to the United States Census Bureau, Jamestown has a total area of 0.62 square miles (1.6 km 2), all of it land. [5]
Frogmore is an unincorporated community on St. Helena Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, along U.S. Route 21. [1]Located halfway between Beaufort and Hunting Island State Park, the Frogmore area is primarily rural but is considered to be the commercial center of St. Helena Island.
St. Helena, a small, craggy island in the South Atlantic Ocean, hasn't seen many tourists in the past for good reason: It's one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. Until 2017, it ...
The St. Helena Sound Heritage Preserve is a collection of Sea Islands totaling 10,301 acres (41.69 km 2) of upland and wetland property located along the Saint Helena Sound in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. Owned and managed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), the preserve is also considered to be a ...
Four counties are covered by the Lowcountry Council of Governments, a regional governmental entity charged with regional and transportation planning, [9] and are the ones included in the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism's "Lowcountry and Resort Islands" area. [10]