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The site of City Hall was a beef market in 1739, but the market was destroyed in a fire in 1796, and the corner parcel was conveyed to the Charleston branch of the First Bank of the United States in 1800. [2] The construction of the bank was overseen by Edward Magrath and Joseph Nicholsen (carpenters) and by Andrew Gordon (mason). [2]
The City of Charleston is served by the Charleston International Airport. It is located in the City of North Charleston and is about 12 mi (19 km) northwest of downtown Charleston. It is the busiest passenger airport in South Carolina (IATA: CHS, ICAO: KCHS). The airport shares runways with the adjacent Charleston Air Force Base.
Sholes' Directory of the City of Charleston. 1882. Archived from the original on 2014-07-05; Business Guide of Charleston, S.C. Baltimore: Cooke, Howard & Co. 1889. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16 – via College of Charleston, Lowcountry Digital Library.
The largest municipality by population in South Carolina is the city of Charleston with 150,227 residents, and the smallest municipality by population is Cope with 37 residents. [3] The largest municipality by land area is Columbia which spans 137.188 sq mi (355.32 km 2 ), while Jenkinsville is the smallest at 0.089 sq mi (0.23 km 2 ).
The City of Charleston Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Charleston, South Carolina. In all the department is responsible for an area of 109 square miles (280 km 2 ) with over 135,000 residents.
The city of Charleston is the location of 105 of these properties and districts, including 34 of the National Historic Landmarks; they are listed here, while the other properties and districts in the remaining parts of the county are listed separately. Another property in Charleston was once listed but has been removed.
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.
The mayor is the highest elected official in Charleston, South Carolina.Since the city's incorporation in 1783, Charleston's chief executive officer has been elected directly by qualified voters, except for the years 1867–1868, when mayors were appointed by Federal officials.