SC Cities & Towns

ORIGINALLY A TRADING POST on the southeast corner of the massive Mitton Plantation, Moncks Corner has grown into a thriving community with a rich and storied past tied largely to the dense marshes and the people who have lived in and around them. Now the county seat of Berkeley County, Moncks Corner was settled in large part by French Protestant Huguenots, who came to South … [Read more...] about Moncks Corner, South Carolina

The town of Meggett, South Carolina - known as Meggetts in its earliest days - has been around a little more than a century. Granted a charter by the state in January 1905, it was something of a boomtown and was, in fact, the cabbage capital of the world. The source of this prosperity was the rich soil on which the town is situated, coupled with a spur of the Atlantic Coast … [Read more...] about Meggett, SC

IF YOU COULD DESIGN THE perfect spot to settle down and enjoy life, it would look a lot like McClellanville. Just off Highway 17, about midway between Myrtle Beach and Charleston, McClellanville is a tiny fishing village on the banks of Jeremy Creek. Residents live in a mix of modern homes and old-fashioned two-story houses with welcoming porches. Though it is small, it … [Read more...] about McClellanville, South Carolina

Centrally located in Clarendon County just off Interstate 95, Manning, South Carolina has a population slightly larger than 4,000 people. What began in 1855 as 'the Village of Manning' it is now a great place to live while enjoying many recreational activities. Lake Marion, nearby Manning, was created in the early 1940's by the Santee Cooper Project and it covers 110,000 … [Read more...] about Manning, SC

Loris City was an untapped, under populated town just 90 years ago. J.W. Ogilvie, who settled down in Horry County a scant 15-years after the War Between the States, wrote in 1909, "Loris was unknown. The site of that coming city was but a worn out corn field that would not have brought at forced sale more than 25 cents an acre." Much has changed since then. Now, Loris is a … [Read more...] about Loris, South Carolina