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South Carolina State Facts

  • South Carolina's Counties*
    Abbeville
    Aiken
    Allendale
    Anderson
    Bamberg
    Barnwell
    Beaufort
    Berkeley
    Calhoun
    Charleston
    Cherokee
    Chester    		 Chesterfield
    Clarendon
    Colleton
    Darlington
    Dillon
    Dorchester
    Edgefield
    Fairfield
    Florence
    Georgetown
    Greenville
    Greenwood    		 Hampton
    Horry
    Jasper
    Kershaw
    Lancaster
    Laurens
    Lee
    Lexington
    McCormick
    Marion
    Marlboro
    Newberry    		 Oconee
    Orangeburg
    Pickens
    Richland
    Saluda
    Spartanburg
    Sumter
    Union
    Williamsburg
    York

    *From US Census Bureau


  • The Flag of South Carolina:
    • Asked by the Revolutionary Council of Safety in the fall of 1775 to design a flag for the use of South Carolina troops, Col. William Moultrie chose a blue which matched the color of their uniforms and a crescent which reproduced the silver emblem worn on the front of their caps. The palmetto tree was added later to represent Moultrie's heroic defense of the palmetto-log fort on Sullivan's Island against the attack of the British fleet on June 28, 1776.

  • President Born in South Carolina:
    • The seventh President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, was born in South Carolina on March 15, 1767, in Waxhaw.

  • Mottos:
    • Animis Opibusque Parati (Prepared in mind and resources)
    • Dum Spiro Spero (While I breathe, I hope)

  • South Carolina's name was taken from "Carolus," the Latin word for Charles and named in honor of England's King Charles I.
  • South Carolina was admitted to statehood on May 23, 1788, as the 8th state.
  • Nicknamed the Palmetto State
  • Bird: Great Carolina Wren
  • Flower: Yellow Jessamine
  • Tree: Sabal Palmetto
  • Song: "Carolina"

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