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Jefferson is located in the Piedmont region of South Carolina just in the edge meeting the Sandhills region. Jefferson is located 16 miles northwest of McBee, 8 miles south of Pageland, 50 miles southeast of Charlotte, North Carolina, and 70 miles north-northeast of the state capitol Columbia. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 753. [6]
South Carolina is named after King Charles I of England.Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus. South Carolina was formed in 1712. By the end of the 16th century, the Spanish and French had left the area of South Carolina after several reconnaissance missions, expeditions and failed colonization attempts, notably the short-living French outpost of Charlesfort followed by ...
South Carolina Golf Club founded. [18] 1788 – Charleston becomes part of the new US state of South Carolina. [16] 1789 – Medical Society of South Carolina founded. [19] 1790 College of Charleston opens. [2] Population: 16,359. [20] Brown Fellowship Society [21] founded. 1791 – Roman Catholic Church of Charleston incorporated. 1792
It was founded in 1801 as South Carolina College, and its original campus, The Horseshoe, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The university's main campus covers over 359 acres (1.5 km 2) in the urban core less than one city block from the South Carolina State House. The University of South Carolina has around 35,000 students ...
On December 11, 1861, a massive fire burned 164 acres of Charleston, including the Cathedral of St John and St Finbar, South Carolina Institute Hall, the Circular Congregational Church, and many of the city's finest homes. [23] This fire was responsible for much of the destruction visible in Charleston at the end of the war.
1801 - University of South Carolina was founded; 1803 - Washington Street Methodist builds the first church building in Columbia; 1804 - Columbia Library Society founded. [4] 1805 Town chartered. [1] John Taylor elected intendant (town leader). [1] South Carolina College opens. [2] 1809 - First Baptist Church founded. 1813 - Trinity Episcopal ...
Chesterfield County was formerly located in South Carolina's 5th Congressional District which was one of the seats that the Democrats lost to the Republicans during the 2010 election; before the 2010 election, congressman John M. Spratt had represented the district since 1983 but was defeated 55% to 45% by Republican Mick Mulvaney in 2010.
The South Carolina Historical Society is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1855 to preserve South Carolina's rich historical legacy. The SCHS is the state's oldest and largest private repository of books, letters, journals, maps, drawings, and photographs about South Carolina's history .