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Ghost Towns of South Carolina
South Carolina's ghosts include colonial trading towns like Dorchester, phosphate and rice landings the earthquake and storms finished, and upcountry gold and mill villages.
1,097 sites surveyed across South Carolina — 1 charted with full records so far, entered by year of settlement. The rest are awaiting verification.
✕Charted — click for the recordSurveyed — records pending
Survey note
The federal place-name archive records 1,097 vanished or historical sites in South Carolina — ghost towns, mining camps, townsites, and railroad stops. We chart them a few at a time, as the records can be verified. Every mark on this map is a place that once had a name.
TownYearsLast pop.Classification
DorchesterDorchester Co.Historic TownsiteThe full survey ledger
Every vanished town the federal archive records in South Carolina — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.
AdaUnion Co.AixGreenwood Co.AlgaryGreenwood Co.AltheaLexington Co.AmanLee Co.AndersonvilleAnderson Co.AndoverSpartanburg Co.ApiaAiken Co.Ashley PlaceBarnwell Co.AustinLaurens Co.AyersMarlboro Co.Bailey TownUnion Co.BaynhamAiken Co.Beauty SpotMarlboro Co.Beauty SpotYork Co.Bee TreeKershaw Co.BellfieldKershaw Co.BelmontYork Co.BethanyMcCormick Co.BethelYork Co.BiddleFairfield Co.BinghamtownChester Co.Bishop TownUnion Co.Black Jack ValleyUnion Co.Black TomBerkeley Co.Blue SpringKershaw Co.Boiling SpringOrangeburg Co.Boland CrossroadsNewberry Co.BombarettaBerkeley Co.BonanzaClarendon Co.BoraxYork Co.Brannons StoreSpartanburg Co.BrewingtonClarendon Co.Bryants StoreSpartanburg Co.BrysonLaurens Co.Buck HallBerkeley Co.BullockGreenwood Co.BurganHorry Co.Burnt FactoryMarlboro Co.BurtonsBerkeley Co.BushAiken Co.ButchertownRichland Co.CallaRichland Co.CalvinChester Co.CambridgeGreenwood Co.CanaAbbeville Co.Casey HillBerkeley Co.CatoeChesterfield Co.Cattle CreekDorchester Co.CebuHorry Co.CelestiaSaluda Co.ChaffeeAiken Co.Chapel HillBerkeley Co.Chesnut HillAbbeville Co.Church HillBerkeley Co.ClarksonChester Co.ClementiaCharleston Co.CoallaAllendale Co.CongareeLexington Co.ConiferBerkeley Co.ConnerossOconee Co.ConnorsOrangeburg Co.CorinthSaluda Co.CorsadaBerkeley Co.CothranGreenwood Co.CottonYork Co.Cow TailDorchester Co.CraftonEdgefield Co.CravenhillNewberry Co.CrecoOrangeburg Co.CrosbyAbbeville Co.CrowsSpartanburg Co.CuretonsLancaster Co.DannAbbeville Co.DeloachKershaw Co.Diamond Hill SpringAbbeville Co.Dogwood NeckHorry Co.DominicksGreenwood Co.DonoraBarnwell Co.DorcheeOrangeburg Co.DorchesterDorchester Co.DornvilleMcCormick Co.DoublingLaurens Co.DoverAbbeville Co.DoverLaurens Co.DresdenAbbeville Co.DukeAbbeville Co.DunbartonBarnwell Co.EarleAiken Co.Eddy LakeHorry Co.EdensLaurens Co.EdistoneOrangeburg Co.EllentonBarnwell Co.EllerbeeKershaw Co.EllerbeeSumter Co.EllisSaluda Co.EnglishRichland Co.EnsenakaOconee Co.ErieLaurens Co.EttaCherokee Co.EverettsMarlboro Co.ExcelsiorChesterfield Co.EzellCherokee Co.FergusonOrangeburg Co.Fifty EightOrangeburg Co.Flat RockUnion Co.FloricaneBerkeley Co.FoglesBamberg Co.Fox BankBerkeley Co.FudgesChester Co.GannonCharleston Co.GarlingtonLaurens Co.Garners QuarterRichland Co.GarrisBamberg Co.Gaston ShoalsCherokee Co.GazaBeaufort Co.GehlkinBerkeley Co.General Hamiltons SettlementJasper Co.GillespieChesterfield Co.Gilliam SpringNewberry Co.Gladden GroveFairfield Co.GlenwoodSpartanburg Co.Goforth Cross RoadCherokee Co.GouldYork Co.GowdeysvilleCherokee Co.Grannys QuarterKershaw Co.Gravel HillBerkeley Co.Gravel HillAllendale Co.Green BayBerkeley Co.Green HillBerkeley Co.GreenlandBarnwell Co.GreenplainsDarlington Co.GregoryUnion Co.GrindallCherokee Co.Half MoonFlorence Co.HallLexington Co.HammettAbbeville Co.HamvilleFlorence Co.HancockvilleCherokee Co.HarbinOconee Co.HawthorneAiken Co.HayneNewberry Co.Hickory GroveBerkeley Co.Hickory HillHampton Co.HicksonMarlboro Co.Highland ParkFlorence Co.HighviewEdgefield Co.HopeBerkeley Co.Horse ShoeOconee Co.Hugers SettlementJasper Co.HumphriesvilleUnion Co.HuntingtonLaurens Co.Hunts SpringChesterfield Co.InabinettsDorchester Co.IrbyMarlboro Co.IslayMarlboro Co.JocasseeOconee Co.JonesGreenwood Co.JoyHorry Co.JunctionChesterfield Co.KingsGreenville Co.KingsburyLancaster Co.KitfieldBerkeley Co.KnobPickens Co.LacoGreenwood Co.LaneysChesterfield Co.LattakooNewberry Co.LaurenceDorchester Co.LawnCherokee Co.LeavensworthDarlington Co.LegareBerkeley Co.LeighBarnwell Co.LenoirEdgefield Co.LeverRichland Co.LewisvilleChester Co.LewisvilleHorry Co.Lime StoneEdgefield Co.LisbonLaurens Co.LisbonRichland Co.Little MountainMarlboro Co.LocklairBerkeley Co.Log TownKershaw Co.Long CaneAbbeville Co.LoraineBamberg Co.LorenzoGreenwood Co.Lowmans CrossroadsNewberry Co.LumberDarlington Co.LutherBamberg Co.LylesfordFairfield Co.MangumsChesterfield Co.MarydellGreenville Co.MatasseeBerkeley Co.MathisAllendale Co.MayfieldGreenville Co.McCabeLee Co.McCalls CrossroadsFlorence Co.McCrearys QuarterRichland Co.McCutchenLee Co.McInnisMarlboro Co.McNeilsChesterfield Co.MeadorUnion Co.MeansvilleUnion Co.MelgroveBerkeley Co.MercerCherokee Co.MerchantSaluda Co.Merritts BridgeAiken Co.MerrittsvilleGreenville Co.Metz StoreColleton Co.MillbankKershaw Co.MilledgevilleAiken Co.Millers GroveAbbeville Co.MillersvilleBamberg Co.MillvilleSpartanburg Co.MillwoodAbbeville Co.MitchellGreenville Co.MontereyAbbeville Co.Moss PondBerkeley Co.Mount BethelNewberry Co.MudvilleBerkeley Co.MurrayAbbeville Co.MurrellBerkeley Co.MyersJasper Co.NauvasseeYork Co.New DublinRichland Co.New MarketWilliamsburg Co.New RichmondEdgefield Co.NexsenWilliamsburg Co.No Mans LandUnion Co.North EndBerkeley Co.NortonHorry Co.NurseryGreenville Co.ObedSpartanburg Co.Old VatBerkeley Co.OldtownNewberry Co.OlgaPickens Co.OttBamberg Co.OwensLaurens Co.PagesHorry Co.ParisGreenville Co.PattilloColleton Co.PeeplesHampton Co.PhiladelphiaDarlington Co.Pigeon BayBerkeley Co.Pine TreeUnion Co.PleasantRichland Co.Pleasant ViewFlorence Co.PlunketAiken Co.Point PleasantCharleston Co.Polecat BayHorry Co.Port HarrelsonHorry Co.Powers ShopLaurens Co.PriceAnderson Co.Prices StorePickens Co.PrideUnion Co.RadnorBeaufort Co.RazorvilleBerkeley Co.Red BankColleton Co.Red PointUnion Co.Red TownUnion Co.Reedy Creek SpringsMarlboro Co.Reedy RiverLaurens Co.Region TownBerkeley Co.RemleysBerkeley Co.RennieAiken Co.ReubenNewberry Co.RiversChesterfield Co.RobbinsBarnwell Co.Rocky RiverAbbeville Co.RogansvilleUnion Co.RosaGreenwood Co.RosemaryBarnwell Co.RuddellAllendale Co.RussellOconee Co.SadlerAnderson Co.San Miguel De GualdapeGeorgetown Co.SandersAllendale Co.Sandy RunBerkeley Co.Santa ElenaBeaufort Co.SanteeBerkeley Co.Savanna TownAiken Co.Shady GroveUnion Co.ShulerLexington Co.Simmon TreeUnion Co.SimpsonLaurens Co.SmithvilleAbbeville Co.SondleysNewberry Co.SpaldingKershaw Co.SpearmanNewberry Co.Spring BranchAiken Co.Spring GroveLaurens Co.Spring HeadBerkeley Co.Spring HillBerkeley Co.Spring PlainBerkeley Co.SpringvilleDarlington Co.State FarmSumter Co.Steep BottomHampton Co.StocktonKershaw Co.StokesBerkeley Co.StorevilleAnderson Co.StyxLexington Co.SuevilleFairfield Co.Sutton SpringYork Co.SwearingenEdgefield Co.TabernacleChesterfield Co.TahoGreenville Co.TerryGreenville Co.The HookAbbeville Co.ThompsonHorry Co.ThompsonsChesterfield Co.Tiger CornerBerkeley Co.Tip TopChester Co.TrausSaluda Co.Tumbling ShoalsLaurens Co.TutenAllendale Co.TygerGreenville Co.VarennesAnderson Co.VarntownColleton Co.WaltonNewberry Co.WannamakerHorry Co.WaringvilleDorchester Co.WassamassawBerkeley Co.WattacooPickens Co.WaynorOrangeburg Co.WeatherlyLee Co.Welsh NeckMarlboro Co.White Stone SpringsSpartanburg Co.Whites Cross RoadsMcCormick Co.WilburnCherokee Co.WildcatUnion Co.WilderBerkeley Co.Wildwood ParkGreenville Co.WilltownWilliamsburg Co.WinwrightDorchester Co.WiseEdgefield Co.WoodsGreenville Co.Wrangle TownBerkeley Co.YaleBarnwell Co.Yellow HouseBerkeley Co.ZadokYork Co.