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  2. Colonial period of South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Between 1729 and 1775, twenty-nine new towns were founded in South Carolina. ... By the 1750s the Piedmont region attracted numerous frontier families from the ...

  3. Piedmont, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Piedmont is located in northern Anderson County and southwestern Greenville County at (34.704140, -82.461427). [8] It is 12 miles (19 km) south of the center of Greenville. Exit 35 on Interstate 85 is 2 miles (3 km) to the west of the center of Piedmont. South Carolina state road 86 cuts through the small town also, connecting with Interstate ...

  4. History of South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. York County, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The Province of South Carolina was founded in 1670. Twelve years later, it was divided into three counties. ... The first European settlers in the Carolina Piedmont ...

  7. List of counties in South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. state of South Carolina is made up of 46 counties, the maximum allowable by state law. [1] [2] They range in size from 392 square miles (1,015 square kilometers) in the case of Calhoun County to 1,358 square miles (3,517 square kilometers) in the case of Charleston County.

  8. Piedmont Lithium looks abroad amid North Carolina uncertainty

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    Piedmont Lithium Inc's first steps toward securing lithium supplies will be in Quebec or Ghana, not the United States, as an intensifying North Carolina regulatory review delays the miner's goal ...

  9. Geographical regions of South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The Carolina Sandhills is a 10-35 mi wide physiographic region within the innermost part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain province. [1] The northern extent of the Carolina Sandhills is located near Fayetteville in North Carolina, and the Carolina Sandhills extend south and southwestward into South Carolina and Georgia.