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The district includes the summer homes of several leading James Island planters, the site of the American Civil War Battle of Secessionville, the unmarked grave of over 300 Union soldiers, and the remains of Fort Lamar, constructed about 1862. The houses include one Victorian and two antebellum Greek Revival residences. [2] [3]
The City of Charleston prevailed at Circuit Court and the Town appealed. The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled against the Town in 1997. The South Carolina legislature changed incorporation law to allow incorporation over already annexed salt marsh. The Town of James Island was incorporated a second time in 2002. Mary Clark was elected Mayor.
James Island is one of South Carolina's most urban Sea Islands; nearly half of the island sits within Charleston city limits. The island is separated from peninsular downtown Charleston by the Ashley River , from the mainland by Wappoo Creek and the Wappoo Cut, and from Johns Island by the Stono River .
The first house is a simple, rural building constructed in 1742 by the James Island pioneer planter Benjamin Stiles. The significant agricultural science contributor William Godber Hinson constructed the 1891 portion of the building and he continued to maintain the running of the plantation until early in the 20th century.
John Pendarvis, a licensed South Carolina hemp grower who was arrested in 2019 for growing hemp, names SLED Chief Mark Keel, S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson, and Commissioner of the S.C ...
The Charleston metropolitan area is an urban area centered around Charleston, South Carolina.The U.S. Office of Management and Budget designates the area as the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area used for statistical purposes only by the United States Census Bureau and other federal agencies.
Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in Charleston County, South Carolina" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Riverland Terrace is a historic neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina. It was first developed starting in 1925. [1] It is one of James Island, South Carolina's oldest neighborhoods. The Terrace is located 10 minutes west of downtown Charleston along Wappoo Creek and the inland waterway.