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Cheraw (/ tʃ ə ˈ r ɔː / chə-RAW, locally / ʃ ə ˈ r ɔː / shə-RAW) is a town on the Pee Dee River in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 5,040 at the 2020 census. [5] The greater Cheraw area in the zip code 29520 has a population of 13,689 according to the 2019 ACS data.
The Saura were known to have moved south to the Pee Dee River area. In 1726 and 1736, the Cheraw moved near the Catawba. [1] When the Council of Virginia offered tribes protection in 1732, the Cheraw asked to join the Saponis. [6] In 1738, a smallpox epidemic decimated both the Cheraw and the Catawba.
Cheraw State Park: Chesterfield 7,362 2,979 1934 1939 Chester State Park: Chester 523 212 1935 1936 Colleton State Park: Colleton 35 14 1938 1940 Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site: Dorchester 325 132 1960 1960 Croft State Park: Spartanburg 7,054 2,855 1949 Devils Fork State Park: Oconee 622 252 1991 1991 Dreher Island State Park: Newberry ...
The county is named for Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, a British politician who opposed the Stamp Act of 1765, which was deeply unpopular in South Carolina, and who was known for always speaking up for the rights of the colonists while he was serving in the British Parliament and when he served as British Secretary of State.
The Pee Dee River, also known as the Great Pee Dee River, is a river in the Carolinas of the United States. It originates in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina, where its upper course, above the mouth of the Uwharrie River, is known as the Yadkin River. The river empties into Winyah Bay, and then into the Atlantic Ocean near Georgetown.
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The settlements developed about AD 1000, later than did some of the largest settlements to the northwest that were closer to the Mississippi River and its tributaries. [ 2 ] Town Creek Indian Mound , a National Historic Landmark [ 5 ] located across the border in present-day Montgomery County, North Carolina , is a surviving platform mound and ...
Lynches River; May River; Morgan River (SC) New River; Oolenoy River; Okatee River; Old Dead River (Marlboro County) Old Dead River (Richland County, Congaree National Park) Pacolet River (incl. North, South, and Lawson's Fork Creek) Pocotaligo River (Black River tributary) Pocotaligo River (Broad River tributary) Reedy River; Rocky River ...