List of Counties

List of Towns

Points of Interest

Capital: Columbia

Largest city: Columbia

Highest point: Sassafras Mountain 3,560 ft

Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 ft

Admission to Union: May 23, 1788 (8th)

Nickname: The Palmetto State

South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence from the British

The colony was originally named in honor of King Charles I of England

There are 46 Counties in South Carolina

South Carolina is the only state in the nation that owns and operates its own school bus fleet

State of South Carolina

South Carolina state seal

About South Carolina

With the Edisto River, South Carolina has the longest completely undammed / unleveed blackwater river in North America

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union and was a founding state of the Confederate States of America.