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According to the 2000 census, the Colleton County population was nearly 75% rural, with the exception of the Walterboro Urban Cluster (2000 pop.: 10,064). The total county population was also designated as the Walterboro, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Walterboro is a city in Colleton County, South Carolina, United States. The city's population was 5,398 at the 2010 census. [5] It is the county seat of Colleton County. [6] Walterboro is located 48 miles (77 km) west of Charleston and is located near the ACE Basin region in the South Carolina Lowcountry.
Parkertown was established in 1832, and named after Joseph A. Parker, a pioneer citizen. [2] Variant names were "Parker" and "Parkers Store". [1] A post office called Parker's Store was established in 1837, and remained in operation until 1906. [3] A gristmill once stood near the town site on Big Shoal Creek. [4]
Georgia State Route 139 is a 29.8-mile-long (48.0 km) state highway in the northeast part of state of Georgia. It travels within portions of Clayton , Fulton , and Cobb counties and connects the southern suburbs of Atlanta with the town of Mableton , west of the city.
A couple stands in front of The Carter Presidential Center's sign, after the death of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the age of 100, in Atlanta, Georgia on December 29, 2024.
US 301 at the SC 260 intersection in Manning.. US 301 was established in 1932 as a replacement of the piece of US 17-1 north of Wilson and the whole of US 217. Thus US 301 initially ran from US 17 (now US 76) at Pee Dee northeast through Dillon, South Carolina, into North Carolina, and Virginia, ending at U.S. Route 1 in Petersburg, Virginia.
The Walterboro Historic District is a historic district in Walterboro, South Carolina. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 [ 1 ] and expanded in 1993 to include the state-owned Walterboro High School at 807 Hampton Street, a building designed by James B. Urquhart and J. T. Dabbs in 1924.
The family moved to Clarke County, Georgia, the following year, and Parker was raised there. In 1806 he married Margaret Browning (born June 30, 1789), also originally from North Carolina. The couple would eventually have 14 children over 55 years of marriage. [5] Parker purchased land and moved his family from Clarke County in the spring of ...