South Carolina Counties

The state of South Carolina is made up of 46 counties. Learn more about each county by selecting a county below to explore people, places and events.

The state of South Carolina is made up of 46 counties. Learn more about each county by selecting a county below to explore people, places and events.

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Roger Milliken | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Roger Milliken (1915 - 2010) Through Roger Milliken's leadership and passion for innovation and research, Milliken & Company has become one of the largest and most successful textile and chemical...
Eliza Pinckney | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Short biography of indigo planter and colonial entrepreneur Eliza Lucas Pinckney, another example of the enormous contribution the Pinckney family of South Carolina has made to the history of our...
General William C. Westmoreland | S.C. Hall of Fame

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This is the story of General William C. Westmoreland, an Eagle Scout from Spartanburg County who earned medals for bravery in World War II and became a Four-Star General and the Military Commander of...
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Ernest “Fritz” Hollings was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1922. He graduated from The Citadel in 1942 and served as an artillery officer in World War Two. After the war, he was elected to the...
Anne Austin Young | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Anne Austin Young was born in 1892. In a day when relatives and friends threw up their hands in horror at the thought of a woman physician and when people in her home town of Cross Hill referred to...
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Joseph Louis Bernardin was born in 1928 in Columbia, South Carolina, where there were not many Catholics. He was the son of Italian immigrants, with a younger sister Elaine. He was baptized and...