Beaufort

Beaufort County lies in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Tourism is important to the county, as many visitors flock to the area to enjoy coastal waters, barrier islands, wildlife, and historic small towns.

Beaufort County lies in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Tourism is important to the county, as many visitors flock to the area to enjoy coastal waters, barrier islands, wildlife, and historic small towns. A number of notable people have called Beaufort County home, including author Pat Conroy and boxer Joe Frazier. The presence of Gullah culture also characterizes the region. Beaufort, one of the state’s oldest towns, serves as the county seat.

Frenchmen, Englishmen, and Spaniards all attempted to settle in Beaufort County. Comprised of the St. Peter, St. Helena, St. Luke, and Prince William parishes, Beaufort District was created in 1769 and “named for Henry Somserset, Duke of Beaufort.” Points of historical interest in Beaufort County include a number of plantations, the Penn Center, and Parris Island.

About Beaufort County, SC. Accessed June 01, 2016. 

Beaufort County - Dafauskie Island
Beaufort County - Dafauskie Island

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By the 1940s and 1950s, outside competition had caused many to leave Dafauskie island and search for jobs elsewhere, leaving the population in 1980 at less than seventy-five people. Because of its...
Beaufort County - Michael C. Riley School
Beaufort County - Michael C. Riley School

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This is the site of two schools that served the black community of southern Beaufort County for most of the twentieth century. Bluffton Graded School, a small frame building constructed about 1900...
Beaufort County - The Green
Beaufort County - The Green

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The Green has long served as a meeting place and celebration site for St. Helena Island's African American residents. Such activities as Emancipation Day, celebrating the adoption of the Emancipation...
Beaufort County | Mather School
Beaufort County | Mather School

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Shortly after the Civil War, Rachel Crane Mather of Boston founded Mather School in Beaufort. In 1882 the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society assumed support of the venture, operating it as...
Low Country & Resort Area | A Natural State
Low Country & Resort Area | A Natural State

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The Lowcountry Region is comprised of Hampton, Jasper, Beaufort and Colleton counties. As expected, due to its coastal location, fishing, sailing, hunting, bird watching, paddling, surfing...
Leroy Browne's Photos | Digital Traditions
Leroy Browne's Photos | Digital Traditions

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Resident of St. Helena Island, SC (Beaufort County). His father, George Brown, taught basketmaking at the Penn School on St. Helena Island in the early 20th Century. The school was founded in the...
Jonathan Green's Paintings | Artopia
Jonathan Green's Paintings | Artopia

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Jonathan Green was born in Gardens Corner, in the lowcountry of South Carolina. His grandparents raised him, and his grandmother first encouraged his interest in art. He studied at the Art Institute...
Education | Artopia
Episode 6

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Painter Jonathan Green says, "I have found that all of the subject matters in school has helped me out tremendously in becoming an artist. Reading, writing, and arithmetic. I read as much as possible...