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South Carolina People
Steve Benjamin
Steve Benjamin was the first African-American and 44th mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, from 2010 to 2022.
Jim Hoagland
Jim Hoagland is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and contributing editor of The Washington Post.
Alex English
Alex English was a basketball player at the University of South Carolina and the Denver Nuggets and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
William Gilmore Simms
William Gilmore Simms was a poet, novelist, and historian who wrote History of South Carolina (1842), which became a standard school textbook on the state’s history.
South Carolina Counties
Charleston County
Charleston County and the city of Charleston, its county seat, are the most historic locations in the state. English settlers arrived in the colony of Carolina in 1670 and established a town at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River.
Georgetown County
Georgetown County and its county seat, Georgetown, were named for King George II of England.
Barnwell County
Barnwell County and its county seat of Barnwell were named for Revolutionary War leader John Barnwell (1748-1800).
Aiken County
Aiken County and its county seat, the town of Aiken, were named for William Aiken (1806-1831), president of the South Carolina Railroad.
South Carolina Facts
South Carolina State Poet Laurate
The official State Poet Laureate was designated by Joint Resolution Number 736 of 1934. This resolution allows the Governor to appoint a Poet Laureate for the State. In 2003, former Governor Mark Sanford named Marjory Heath Wentworth as South Carolina's sixth Poet Laureate.
South Carolina Glossary
extinct
(adjective) - no longer in existence
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