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View of Blue Ridge Mountains from Sassafras Mountain, Pickens County, South Carolina (2016)

South Carolina (/ˌkærəˈlaɪnə/ ^ⓘ KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia to the west and south across the Savannah River. Along with North Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast. South Carolina is the 40th-largest and 23rd-most populous U.S. state with a recorded population of 5,118,425 according to the 2020 census. In 2019^[update], its GDP was $213.45 billion. South Carolina is composed of 46 counties. The capital is Columbia with a population of 136,632 in 2020; while its most populous city is Charleston with a 2020 population of 150,227. The Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area is the most populous combined metropolitan area in the state, with an estimated 2023 population of 1,590,636.

South Carolina was named in honor of King Charles I of England, who first formed the English colony, with Carolus being Latin for "Charles". In 1712 the Province of South Carolina was formed. One of the original Thirteen Colonies, South Carolina became a royal colony in 1719. During the American Revolutionary War, South Carolina was the site of major activity among the American colonies, with more than 200 battles and skirmishes fought within the state. South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on May 23, 1788. A slave state, it was the first state to vote in favor of secession from the Union on December 20, 1860. After the Civil War ended, the state was readmitted to the Union on July 9, 1868.

During the early-to-mid 20th century, the state started to see economic progress as many textile mills and factories were built across the state. The civil rights movement of the mid-20th century helped end segregation and legal discrimination policies within the state. Economic diversification in South Carolina continued to pick up speed during and in the ensuing decades after World War II. In the early 21st century, South Carolina's economy is based on industries such as aerospace, agribusiness, automotive manufacturing, and tourism. (Full article...)

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Thompson in the 1860s

James Thompson (1789 – October 6, 1872) was an American surveyor who created the first plat of Chicago. Born in South Carolina, Thompson moved to Kaskaskia in southern Illinois as a young man and lived in the area for the rest of his life, working primarily as a surveyor. He was hired to plat settlements at the ends of the proposed Illinois and Michigan Canal in northern Illinois; he completed the plat of Chicago, the settlement at the eastern end, on August 4, 1830. After completing his survey of Chicago he returned to the Kaskaskia area and declined an offer of land in Chicago in favor of a cash payment. In addition to his surveying work, he served in various positions such as probate judge, county commissioner, and officer in the Illinois militia during the Black Hawk War.

Chicago appears on maps from the 17th century and had been inhabited by non-indigenous people since the late 18th century. Thompson's plat fixed the location associated with the word "Chicago", which had previously been used for various places around the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, and allowed the residents of the area to obtain legal title to their property. Extensions of Thompson's plat were made in the following years as Chicago experienced rapid expansion. Chicago incorporated as a town in 1833 and as a city in 1837 as growth continued, and by 1890 had more than a million inhabitants and was the second-most-populous city in the United States. Thompson has been commemorated several times in Chicago's history; his grave, which was originally unmarked, was given a monument by the city of Chicago in 1917. (Full article...)

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A'ja Riyadh Wilson (/ˈeɪʒə/ AY-zhə; born August 8, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Wilson played for the South Carolina Gamecocks in college, and helped lead the Gamecocks to their first NCAA Women's Basketball Championship in 2017, and won the NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player award. In 2018, she won a record third straight SEC Player of the Year award, leading South Carolina to a record fourth straight SEC Tournament Championship, becoming the all-time leading scorer in South Carolina women's basketball history, and was a consensus first-team All-American for the third consecutive season. Wilson swept all National Player of the Year awards (Wade, AP, Honda, USBWA, Wooden, and Naismith) as the best player in women's college basketball. (Full article...)

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Image 1South Carolina was formed in 1712. (from History of South Carolina)
Image 2Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 3South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 4Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 5Charleston after the end of the American Civil War, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 6A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 7Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)

Map of South Carolina counties by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

Non-Hispanic White

40–50%

50–60%

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80–90%

Black or African American

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(from South Carolina)

Image 9Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 10A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 11Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 12Joseph Rainey was the first black person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented SC's 1st congressional district. (from South Carolina)
Image 132024 U.S. presidential election results by county in South Carolina
Democratic
Republican
(from South Carolina)
Image 14Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 15A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 16Children workers c. 1912. Some children who worked in South Carolina textile mills went to school half a day and worked before and after school—and eight or nine hours on Saturday. (from South Carolina)
Image 17The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 18Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 19Lord Charles Montagu, the last Royal Governor of South Carolina (from History of South Carolina)
Image 20Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 21Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 22Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 23Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 24Myrtle Beach, North Ocean Boulevard in 2010 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 25Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 26Census listing number of slaves in South Carolina, 1721 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 27South Carolina is named after King Charles I of England. Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus. (from History of South Carolina)
Image 28Statue of Ben Tillman, one of the most outspoken advocates of racism to serve in U.S. Congress (from History of South Carolina)
Image 29A historic home on the Battery in Charleston (from History of South Carolina)
Image 30Inside Ft. Sumter, 1861 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 31North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 32A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 33A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 34Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 35A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 36A cotton farmer and his children pose before taking their crop to a cotton gin, circa 1870 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 37Wade Hampton III, leader of "Redeemers" political coalition after Reconstruction era (from History of South Carolina)
Image 38North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 39Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 40Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 41Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 42South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 43Children workers c. 1912. Some children who worked in South Carolina textile mills went to school half a day and worked before and after school—and eight or nine hours on Saturday. (from South Carolina)
Image 442024 U.S. presidential election results by county in South Carolina
Democratic
Republican
(from South Carolina)
Image 45Lake Hartwell includes parts of the Savannah, Tugaloo, and Seneca rivers (from South Carolina)
Image 46Lake Hartwell includes parts of the Savannah, Tugaloo, and Seneca rivers (from South Carolina)
Image 47Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 48Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 49Joseph Rainey was the first black person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented SC's 1st congressional district. (from South Carolina)
Image 50Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 51A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 52An 1861 engraving of Fort Sumter before the attack that began the Civil War (from History of South Carolina)
Image 53A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 54The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 55Map of South Carolina counties by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

Non-Hispanic White
  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

  80–90%

Black or African American
  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

(from South Carolina)
Image 56Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 57Charleston after the end of the American Civil War, 1865 (from South Carolina)

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... that Tommy Suggs recommended using Also sprach Zarathustra as his college football team's entrance music, because he saw Elvis Presley do it first?
... that the owner of a South Carolina TV station admitted, "I'm not a broadcaster"?
... that in 1974, Oliver C. Dawson was the first black person to be inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame?
... that the 2019 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball recruiting class is known as the Freshies after the name of the group chat they created before their freshman year?
... that a South Carolina TV station went on the air 12 years after its owner said the odds of it existing were "fairly long"?

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