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Rosalie Anderson MacDowell, better known as Andie MacDowell, is an actress and fashion model.
William Gilmore Simms was a poet, novelist, and historian who wrote History of South Carolina (1842), which became a standard school textbook on the state’s history.
Chesterfield County was named for the English statesman Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773).
Cherokee County was named after the Cherokee Indians who once made it their home.
York County and its county seat, the city of York, were named for York County, Pennsylvania.
Williamsburg County was probably named for King William III of England (1650-1702). Scotch-Irish and French Huguenot settlers began moving into this part of the Lowcountry around 1732.
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.
(noun) - an illness caused by the bite of a parasite carrying mosquito. It causes intermittent and violent fevers, which can lead to death.
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