South Carolina from A to Z

“S” is for St. Luke’s Parish 23.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“S” is for St. Luke’s Parish. In 1767, the Commons House created St. Luke’s Parish by taking territory from St. Helena’s Parish.

“P” is for Pardo, John 21.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“P” is for Pardo, John. Spanish soldier, explorer.

“O” is for O’Neall, John Belton (1793-1863) 20.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“O” is for O’Neall, John Belton (1793-1863). Jurist, author, social reformer, entrepreneur.

“N” is for New Ellenton 19.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“N” is for New Ellenton (Aiken County; 2020 population 2,189).

“S” is for Seneca 16.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“S” is for Seneca (Oconee County; 2020 population 8,850).

“R” is for Rock Hill Movement 15.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“R” is for Rock Hill Movement. Following the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery and the 1960 lunch-counter sit-ins in Greensboro, African Americans in Rock Hill took the lead in energizing the civil rights movement in South Carolina.

“P” is for Pinckney, Eliza Lucas (ca. 1722-1793) 14.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“P” is for Pinckney, Eliza Lucas (ca. 1722-1793). Planter, matriarch.

“P” is for Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746-1825) 13.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“P” is for Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746-1825). Soldier, statesman, diplomat.

“M” is for Mennonites 12.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“M” is for Mennonites. The Mennonites of South Carolina are a Protestant group descended from the Anabaptists of the Reformation.

“L” is for Lowndes, Rawlins (1721-1800) 09.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“L” is for Lowndes, Rawlins (1721-1800). Jurist, governor.

“L” is for lowcountry baskets 08.05.2025 ↓

“L” is for lowcountry baskets. Far as long as people of African descent have lived in South Carolina, they have made baskets.

“H” is for Huger, Isaac (1743-1797) 07.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“H” is for Huger, Isaac (1743-1797). Soldier. Isaac Huger was General Nathanael Greene’s second in command of the Southern Department.

“H” is for Huger, Daniel Elliott (1779-1854) 06.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“H” is for Huger, Daniel Elliott (1779-1854). Jurist, U. S. Senator.

“H” is for Huck, Christian (d. 1780) 05.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“H” is for Huck, Christian (d. 1780). Soldier.

“H” is for Howard, Frank James (1909-1996) 02.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“H” is for Howard, Frank James (1909-1996). Football coach. Howard brought attention to the Clemson football program as much as with his colorful, entertaining personality as with his victories.

“G” is for Greer 01.05.2025 0:59 ↓

“G” is for Greer (Greenville County; 2020 population 35,316).

“G” is for Greenwood County 30.04.2025 0:59 ↓

“G” is for Greenwood County (456 square miles; 2020 population 71,074).

“G” is for Greenwood 29.04.2025 0:59 ↓

“G” is for Greenwood (Greenwood County; 2020 population 23,356).

“C “is for Clemson University 28.04.2025 0:59 ↓

“C “is for Clemson University. In 1888 Thomas G. Clemson left his Fort Hill property and an endowment to the state in order to create a separate agricultural college.

“M” is for Malaria 25.04.2025 0:59 ↓

“M” is for Malaria. Malaria was arguably the most significant disease in the history of South Carolina.

“L” is for Lancaster County 24.04.2025 0:59 ↓

“L” is for Lancaster County (549 square miles; 2020 population 100,926).

“K” is for Kiawah Island 23.04.2025 0:59 ↓

“K” is for Kiawah Island (Charleston County; 2020 population 1,626). Kiawah is a small barrier island situated south of Charleston between the mouths of the Stono and North Edisto Rivers.

“J” is for Jamestown 22.04.2025 0:59 ↓

“J” is for Jamestown. Jamestown was the first Huguenot settlement on the Santee River in what became Berkeley County, across the river form the Georgetown/Williamsburg county line.

“I” is for Iodine. 21.04.2025 0:59 ↓

“I” is for Iodine. A deficiency of iodine causes an unsightly swelling of the neck and jaw known as goiter. In the late 1920s the South Carolina Natural Resources Commission began a public relations campaign to advertise the high iodine levels found in fruits and vegetables grown in the state.

“D” is for Duke’s mayonnaise 18.04.2025 0:59 ↓

“D” is for Duke’s mayonnaise. Eugenia Duke mixed her first batch of mayonnaise in her Greenville home sometime in the early twentieth century.