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South Carolina People
Juan Pardo
Juan Pardo was a Spanish explorer who built missions and forts in the Southeast in 1566 and 1567.
Al Rosen
Al Rosen was a Major League Baseball player in the 1940s and 1950s, and was the president of several teams in his career.
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was a South Carolina lawyer and signer of the United States Constitution.
South Carolina Counties
Chesterfield County
Chesterfield County was named for the English statesman Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773).
Marion County
Marion County and its county seat, the town of Marion, were named for Revolutionary War general Francis Marion (1732-1795), known as the "Swamp Fox."
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.
Abbeville County
Both the county and its county seat, the town of Abbeville, were named for the French town of the same name.
South Carolina Facts
South Carolina State Insect
The native Carolina Mantid (Stagmomantis Carolina) was designated as the official State Insect by Act Number 591 of 1988. As a beneficial insect, the Carolina Mantid consumes pest insects that could otherwise damage or destroy flowers and produce.
South Carolina Glossary
mule
(noun) - the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse
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