Places and Regions in South Carolina

Learn about the six landform regions, counties, river systems and climate regions in South Carolina. Also, learn how people interact with the physical landscape.

Main Street Of Summerville, 1906 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street Of Summerville, 1906 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street of Summerville, July 1906. Created by early planters as a refuge from the heat and disease of coastal plantations, Summerville was one of a number of early resorts built in the belt of...

The Town Of St. Matthews | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Town Of St. Matthews | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The town of St. Matthews predates by more than a century and a half the 1908 formation of Calhoun County, of which it is now the county seat. Originally a trading post on the Cherokee Path, the town...

Morgan Square, In Spartanburg, 1939 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Morgan Square, In Spartanburg, 1939 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Morgan Square, Spartanburg, as it appeared in 1939. Alfred T. Willis, photographer. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Morgan Square, In Spartanburg, 1907 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Morgan Square, In Spartanburg, 1907 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Morgan Square, Spartanburg, showing the Confederate monument and City Hall around 1907. First known as "Public Square," it was created in 1787 as a public pasture, and renamed after a statue of...

Spartanburg County Courthouse | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Spartanburg County Courthouse | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Spartanburg County was created out of the old Ninety Six District in 1785, but there were settlements in the area as early as 1761, primarily of Scotch-Irish from Pennsylvania and Virginia. Known only...

Main Street In Society Hill, Around 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street In Society Hill, Around 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street, Society Hill, before paving, around 1910. Society Hill was the core of the Welsh Neck settlement along the Great Pee Dee River granted to Welsh Baptists from Delaware in 1736. The name...

Rock Hill's Main Street At Night, 1950 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Rock Hill's Main Street At Night, 1950 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street of Rock Hill at night, 1950. Courtesy of the Winthrop University Archives.

Rock Hill's Main Street Business District, 1913 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Rock Hill's Main Street Business District, 1913 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Rock Hill, like many Upcountry South Carolina towns, began as a railroad depot in 1852 on the Charlotte-Columbia Railroad. Incorporated in 1870, its real growth came from two influences: the influx of...

Ridgeland | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Ridgeland | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Ridgeland became the county seat of Jasper County when that county was created in 1912. Originally named Gopher Hill when settled in 1855, it was renamed based on its location on a sandy ridge. This...

Main Street And YMCA In Piedmont, 1909 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street And YMCA In Piedmont, 1909 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Piedmont, whose Main Street and YMCA are pictured here in a 1909 postcard view, was an important mill town in the early 20th century textile industry in Anderson County. Courtesy of the Howard G...

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