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.

View Of The Congaree River And Columbia Canal | History Of SC Slide Collection

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View Of The Congaree River And Columbia Canal | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This view of the Congaree River and the Columbia Canal was drawn by the artist A. Grivevald in 1859. Courtesy of the Columbia Museum of Art.

Main Street At Night, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street At Night, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street, Columbia, as it appeared at night with its electric street lights in 1910. Courtesy of the Howard G. Woody Postcard Collection.

Main Street, 1906 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street, 1906 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This Columbia view of Main Street, looking south, in 1906. Originally named "Richardson Street," the name was changed to Main Street in 1892, since the street had become the city's main central hub of...

View Of Columbia From Across The Congaree River | History Of SC Slide Collection

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View Of Columbia From Across The Congaree River | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This view of Columbia from across the Congaree River appeared in the New York "Illustrated News" on January 5, 1861. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Map Of Taylor's Farm | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Map Of Taylor's Farm | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Map of Taylor's Farm, or the original survey plat of Columbia. Before the Revolution, the newly established settlements in the Upcountry of South Carolina did not have much voice in the government of...

Row Of Mill Houses In Clinton, 1908 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Row Of Mill Houses In Clinton, 1908 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Lewis Hine photographed this row of mill houses in Clinton in 1908, but the town is better known as the home of Presbyterian College, founded by the Reverend William Plumer Jacobs, a Presbyterian...

Main Street In Chester County, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street In Chester County, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Chester, seat of Chester County, is one of three South Carolina towns named by settlers after their Pennsylvania homes when they migrated here in 1755 (the other two are York and Lancaster). The...

Row Of Stores On The East Side Of Second Street In Cheraw | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Row Of Stores On The East Side Of Second Street In Cheraw | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This row of four stores on the east side of Second Street in Cheraw is having a sidewalk sale, around 1908. Rocking chairs, bicycles, baby buggies, and rolls of wire are displayed on wooden platforms...

Market Street In Cheraw, Around 1900 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Market Street In Cheraw, Around 1900 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Market Street, Cheraw, looking west, around 1900. The white columned building at the right is the Lyceum, a library and meeting place for the Cheraw Lyceum Society, built in 1820. Courtesy of the...

The Town Hall In Cheraw | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Town Hall In Cheraw | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Town Hall in Cheraw, built in 1858 and photographed here in 1890, is still used as a meeting place for the Masons (who helped pay for it) and for city offices. County seat of Chesterfield County...

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