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The term "Low Country" originally referred to all of the states below the Fall Line, or the Sandhills, which run the width of the states from Aiken County to Chesterfield County. The Sandhills, or Carolina Sandhills, is a 15–60 km wide region within the Atlantic Coastal Plain province, along the inland margin of this province.
English: Map showing the counties included in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper Counties, in dark red, are always included in the definition. Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties, in lighter red, are often included; and Allendale, Georgetown, and Williamsburg Counties, in pink, are sometimes included.
The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has maps that show the boundaries of counties, districts, and parishes starting in 1682. [4] Historically, county government in South Carolina has been fairly weak. [5] The 1895 Constitution made no provision for local government, effectively reducing counties to creatures of the state.
The Midlands region of South Carolina is the middle area of the state. The region's main center is Columbia, the state's capital. The Midlands is so named because it is halfway point between the Upstate and the Lowcountry. [citation needed] The main area code is 803.
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Clarendon Country is located in the east-central portion of South Carolina, inland of the Lowcountry and bordering the southern edge of the Pee Dee. The county covers 606.94 square miles; Lake Marion, located in the southern portion of the county, covers an additional 95 square miles of the county (See Map 2).
Charles G. Lane of Charleston, who chaired the ACE Basin Task Force for years as he worked to protect 350,000 acres in the Lowcountry, said, “There was an awakening in coastal South Carolina. We ...
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