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Lancaster County, South Carolina

68 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

29 National Register listings published here, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

South Carolina within the United States
Lancaster County within South Carolina
Explore by year 1852 1922

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Lancaster, between 1884 and 1948.
  • 9 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 1,121 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 29 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 21 buildings, 5 districts, 1 site, 1 object and 1 structure.
  • 6 of the 29 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 81 populated places in this county; 80 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

3 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Lancaster County Jail, 208 West Gay Street, Lancaster, Lancaster County, SC
Lancaster County Jail, 208 West Gay Street, Lancaster, Lancaster County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Lancaster & Chester Railway Building, 512 South Main Street, Lancaster, Lancaster County, SC
Lancaster & Chester Railway Building, 512 South Main Street, Lancaster, Lancaster County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Lancaster County Courthouse, 104 North Main Street at Dunlap Street, Lancaster, Lancaster County, SC
Lancaster County Courthouse, 104 North Main Street at Dunlap Street, Lancaster, Lancaster County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

29

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Robert Barnwell Allison Housebuilding199089002148
Battle of Hanging Rock Historic Sitesite197474001860
Buford's Massacre Sitedistrict199090000091
Dr. William Columbus Cauthen Housebuilding198282003872
Clinton AME Zion Churchbuilding199090000092
Craig Housebuilding199090000093
Cureton Housebuilding199090000094
East Richland Street-East Church Street Historic Districtdistrict199089002142
Ellen Dean Hotelbuilding2022100007778
Heath Springs Depotbuilding199089002147
Thomas Walker Huey Housebuilding199089002146
Adam Ivy Housebuilding199089002144
Kershaw Depotbuilding199090000096
Lancaster Cotton Oil Companydistrict199089002145
Lancaster County Courthousebuilding197171000788
Lancaster County Jailbuilding197171000789
Lancaster Downtown Historic Districtdistrict198484002048
Lancaster Presbyterian Churchbuilding197777001228
Massey-Doby-Nisbet Housebuilding199090000095
Matson Street Historic Districtdistrict199089002143
Mount Carmel A.M.E. Zion Campgroundbuilding197979002386
North Carolina-South Carolina Cornerstoneobject198484001115
Perry-McIlwain-McDow Housebuilding201111000650
William Harrison Sapp Housebuilding199089002141
Leroy Springs Housebuilding198686000467
Unity Baptist Churchbuilding199090000098
Wade-Beckham Housebuilding198888000669
Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemeterystructure197575001701
Whitfield Hotelbuilding2025100012299

Digitised newspapers

13 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

The Lancaster News

Lancaster, S.C., 1905 to Current. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Lancaster Ledger

Lancaster, S.C., 1852 to 1905. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Lancaster Enterprise

Lancaster, S.C., 1891 to 1905. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

1 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 1 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Ripe peaches now on sale at Cunningham's Orchards, Boston Public Library - undated
Ripe peaches now on sale at Cunningham's Orchards. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

25 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,552 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 25 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-14, scale 1:19000
1964-02-14, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-14, scale 1:19000
1964-02-14, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-14, scale 1:19000
1964-02-14, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-14, scale 1:19000
1964-02-14, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-05, scale 1:19000
1965-02-05, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-05, scale 1:19000
1965-02-05, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-05, scale 1:19000
1965-02-05, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-05, scale 1:19000
1965-02-05, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-03-17, scale 1:19000
1969-03-17, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-03-17, scale 1:19000
1969-03-17, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-03-17, scale 1:19000
1969-03-17, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-03-17, scale 1:19000
1969-03-17, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-01, scale 1:80000
1976-03-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-01, scale 1:80000
1976-03-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-01, scale 1:80000
1976-03-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-01, scale 1:80000
1976-03-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:80000
1978-03-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-01, scale 1:28000
1982-03-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-01, scale 1:28000
1982-03-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-01, scale 1:28000
1982-03-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-01, scale 1:28000
1982-03-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

17 stations, 3 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

44 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 29-1Buford township: Buford township - That part north and east of State Hwy. 96 and north of State Hwy. 906
  • 29-2Buford township - That part south and west of State Hwy. 96 and north of State Hwy. 906
  • 29-3Buford township - That part south of State Hwy. 906
  • 29-4Lancaster Mills - Springdale, unincorporated, comprising parts of Cane Creek and Gills Creek township: Lancaster Mills - Springdale, unincorporated - That part in Cane Creek township Bounded by State Hwy. 9 (Meeting St.), Lancaster town limits; Township line; Lancaster and Chester Railway; State Hwy. 914
  • 29-5Lancaster Mills - Springdale, unincorporated - That part in Cane Creek township Bounded by Lancaster and Chester Railway; State Hwy. 93 (ALT); State Hwy. 914
  • 29-6Lancaster Mills - Springdale, unincorporated - That part in Cane Creek township Bounded by Lancaster and Chester Railway; Township line; State Hwy. 93, State Hwy. 914; State Hwy. 93 (ALT)
  • 29-7Lancaster Mills - Springdale, unincorporated - That part in Gills Creek township Bounded by Lancaster town limits; Lancaster and Chester Railway; Township line
  • 29-8Lancaster Mills - Springdale, unincorporated - That part in Gills Creek township Bounded by Lancaster and Chester Railway; Lancaster town limits; State Hwy. 93; Township line
  • 29-9Cane Creek township, outside Lancaster town and Lancaster Mills - Springdale, unincorporated: Cane Creek township - That part north and west of Lancaster and Chester Railway outside Lancaster town and the unincorporated place of Lancaster Mills - Springdale
  • 29-10Cane Creek township - That part south of Lancaster and Chester Railway and north of Cane and Rum Creeks, outside the unincorporated place of Lancaster Mills - Springdale
  • 29-11Cane Creek township - That part south of Cane and Rum Creeks (Remainder of Cane Creek township is in Lancaster town and the unincorporated place of Lancaster Mills - Springdale)
  • 29-12Cedar Creek township
  • 29-13Kershaw town, comprising parts of Flat Creek and Pleasant Hill townships: Kershaw town - That part in Flat Creek township
  • 29-14Kershaw town - That part in Pleasant Hill township (Remainder of Kershaw town is in Buffalo township, Kershaw County)
  • 29-15Spring Mills, unincorporated, comprising parts of Flat Creek and Pleasant Hill townships: Spring Mills, unincorporated - That part in Flat Creek township (See boundaries shown on aerial photo PF-2C-102)
  • 29-16Spring Mills, unincorporated - That part in Pleasant Hill township (See boundaries shown on aerial photo PF-2C-102)
  • 29-17Flat Creek township, outside Kershaw town and the unincorporated place of Spring Mills: Flat Creek township - That part north and east of Flat Creek
  • 29-18Flat Creek township - That part south and west of Flat Creek and north and west of State Hwys. 9, 902 and 265, outside the unincorporated place of Spring Milla (See aerial photo PF-2C-102 for boundaries of Spring Mills)
  • 29-19Flat Creek township - That part south and west of Flat Creek and south and east of State Hwys. 265, 902, and 9, outside Kershaw town and the unincorporated place of Spring Mills (See aerial photo PF-2C-102 for boundaries of Spring Mills)
  • 29-20Lancaster town - That part of Ward 1 in Gills Creek township Bounded by Town limits; Town limits; Barr, Market, Dunlap; Main
  • 29-21Lancaster town - That part of Ward 1 in Gills Creek township Bounded by Dunlap, Market, Barr; Town limits; Arch; Main
  • 29-22Lancaster town - That part comprising Ward 2 in Gills Creek township Bounded by Arch; Town limits; Chesterfield Ave.; Main
  • 29-23Lancaster town - That part comprising Ward 3 in Gills Creek township Bounded by Chesterfield Ave.; Town limits; Town limits; Ward line, Great Falls
  • 29-24Lancaster town - That part of Ward 4 in Gills Creek township Bounded by Town limits; Main; Barr; Township line
  • 29-25Lancaster town - That part of Ward 5 in Gills Creek township Bounded by Barr; Main; Gay, Unnamed street, Town limits; Township line
  • 29-26Lancaster town - That part comprising Ward 6 in Gills Creek township Bounded by Gay; Main, Great Falls, Ward line; Town limits; Town limits, Unnamed street
  • 29-27Gills Creek township, outside Lancaster town and Lancaster Mills - Springdale, unincorporated: Gills Creek township - That part north of Camp Creek and south branch of Camp Creek
  • 29-28Gills Creek township - That part south of Camp Creek, west of State Hwy. 923, and north of State Hwy. 906, outside Lancaster town
  • 29-29Gills Creek township - That part south of Camp Creek and south branch of Camp Creek, north of State Hwy. 906, and east of State Hwy. 923
  • 29-30Gills Creek township - That part south of State Hwy. 906 and north and east of State Hwy. 9, outside Lancaster town
  • 29-31Gills Creek township - That part south and west of State Hwy. 9, north of Bear Creek, outside Lancaster town and the unincorporated place of Lancaster Mills - Springdale
  • 29-32Gills Creek township - That part south of Bear Creek, outside the unincorporated place of Lancaster Mills - Springdale (Remainder of Gills Creek township is in Lancaster town and the unincorporated place of Lancaster Mills - Springdale)
  • 29-33Indian Land township: Indian Land tomship - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 521
  • 29-34Indian Land township - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 521
  • 29-35Pleasant Hill township, outside Kershaw town and the unincorporated place of Spring Mills: Heath Springs town
  • 29-36Pleasant Hill township - That part north of Road 902 and east of Southern Railway and State Hwy. 522, outside Heath Springs town
  • 29-37Pleasant Hill township - That part west of State Hwy. 522 and east of Southern Railway
  • 29-38Pleasant Hill township - That part west of Southern Railway and north and east of State Hwy. 529
  • 29-39Pleasant Hill township - That part south and west of State Hwy. 529 and west of Southern Railway and State Hwy. 523, outside Heath Springs town
  • 29-40Pleasant Hill township - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 521 and east of State Hwy. 523, outside Heath Springs and Kershaw towns and the unincorporated place of Springs Mills (See aerial photo PF-2C-102 for boundaries of Spring Mills)
  • 29-41Pleasant Hill township - That part south of Road 902 and north of U.S. Hwy. 521, outside Heath Springs town and the unincorporated place of Spring Mills (See aerial photo PF-2C-102 for boundaries of Spring Mills) (Remainder of Pleasant Hill township is in Kershaw town and the unincorporated place of Spring Mills)
  • 29-42Waxhaw township
  • 29-43Lancaster town, comprising parts of Cane Creek and Gills Creek townships: Lancaster town - That part of Ward 4 in Cane Creek township Bounded by Town limits; Township line; Barr; Town limits
  • 29-44Lancaster town - That part of Ward 5 in Cane Creek township Bounded by Barr; Township line; Town limits; Town limits

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

932 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 932 of them, burning about 3,494 acres. 27 started naturally and 71 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined342
Debris and open burning306
Equipment and vehicle use72
Arson/incendiarism71
Misuse of fire by a minor45
Smoking35
Natural27
Recreation and ceremony13
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Fireworks4
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 April 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined106 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 June 2008Natural104 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionHWY 97
23 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 March 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 1997Natural60 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 1997Natural60 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 March 2006Arson/incendiarism50 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1957 to 2025

60 of 508 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 508 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 18 injuries and about $31,105,810 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind283
Hail134
Flash Flood62
Tornado13
Flood7
Lightning6
Funnel Cloud2
Heavy Rain1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCrocketts Xrds1 killedBroadcast media reported, and was later confirmed by county officials, that strong thunderstorm winds toppled a tree and power pole which fell onto a vehicle traveling on Small St near Springdale Rd, in the town of Springdale, and killed a 57-year-old male.
January 2015FloodLancaster1 killedEM reported one fatality when a pickup truck tried to drive through a flooded area and the went onto the shoulder that was washed out. The truck went into the stream and when the driver tried to get out he was carried away. The incident occurred around 630am.
May 1989Thunderstorm Windnot stated7 hurtno account filed
March 1984Tornado (F4)not stated5 hurt, $25,000,000no account filed
January 1995Thunderstorm Windnot stated3 hurt, $120,000Severe thunderstorms moved across Kershaw, Lancaster, and Chesterfield Counties causing several areas of localized wind damage. Trees were uprooted, large tree limbs broken, and roofs damaged. More than 6,500 residents were left without power. The Westville and Boonetown areas in Kershaw County were hard hit with 16 homes destroyed or heavily damaed, three cars heavily damaged, and many mobile homes blown off their foundations. There were three or more minor injuries. Trees were downed across Mt. Zion Road, Park Road, Knights Hill Road, and Proctor Road. Plate glass windows were blown out in city of Kershaw. Approximately 6,500 homes were left without power in Kershaw County with an estimated damage of $1.5 million. In Chesterfield County trees were blown on houses* in McBee, Chesterfield, and Cheraw. Highways SC 145 and SC 102 were blocked by fallen trees; an established auto repair shop at intersection of SC 109 and SC 145, was destroyed. Damage in Chesterfield County estimated at $100,000.
June 1989Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHeath Spgs1 hurt, $16,000EM reported a tree fell on a moving truck along Bethel Road with no serious injuries.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLancaster1 hurtSheriff reported widespread trees and power lines down in Lancaster.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindLancaster$500,000EM reported many trees down on homes and 3/4 inch hail with a microburst that hit the Lancaster area.
April 1957Tornado (F4)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 1957Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 2005LightningLancaster$125,000Lightning struck a home on Westmoreland Drive and caused significant damage.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindLancaster$120,000Numerous trees and powerlines were reported down on Laurel Ave, some falling onto homes with no injuries.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLancaster$86,000EM reported numerous tress and powerlines down in Lancaster. Newspaper reported 4600 people were without power throughout the county.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill$85,000EM reported trees and powerlines down, several homes damaged, one with the roof torn off part of the backside of the home, several outbuildings and a turkey barn were badly damaged, and a chain link fence was blown down.
September 2014Flash FloodStewarts Xrds$85,000SC Highway Patrol reported road washout on Tabernacle road between Buford High School and Shiloh Unity Road. Other roads in the area were impassible.
July 2013Flash FloodJones Xrds$84,000Lancaster County Dispatch reported homes flooded on Deputy Brent McCants Ave.
April 2011HailLancaster$80,000Lancaster EMA reported 3 separate episodes of hail. Golfball size hail occurred from 615-630pm, 1.5-2 inch hail occurred from 710-720pm. Pea to marble size hail occurred between 730-740pm. Hail covered the ground and there was one tree knocked down by a wind gust.
April 2011HailSpring Dell$80,000HAM radio operator reported tennis ball size hail 1 mile south of the intersection of State Route 5 and State Route 75 near Van Wyck.
September 2014Flash FloodTaxahaw$78,000EM reported many road washouts along with several bridges/culverts.
July 2010Tornado (EF0)Sapps Xrds$65,000NWS and Emergency Management found around two dozen homes with minor damage and numerous trees down along Camp Creek Road.
July 2005LightningLancaster$65,000Lightning struck a home on Balkcum Road and did $65k worth of damage.
September 2014LightningIrwin$60,000Emergency Manager reported a house fire on Pink Dogwood Road that was caused by lightning which destroyed the home.
January 2010Flash FloodLancaster$60,000Thunderstorms produced around 3 inches of rain within a couple of hours that sent many streams over their banks and washing out roads.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSapps Xrds$60,000NWS and Emergency Management found many trailers damaged in a mobile home park from an intense microburst. Several were turned over, one was destroyed, and others had minor to moderate damage.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindLancaster$60,000A downburst down trees on the Ghent family home on Major Evans Road. Trees fell on the home and started a fire which significantly damaged the home.
September 2012Flash FloodCamp Creek$50,000Sheriff reported numerous roads flooded in central Lancaster County.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindLancaster area$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged 50-foot section of hanger's roof, damaged two planes inside hanger, lifted 100-foot of hanger setting it back down, but collapsed 60 feet of building.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindLancaster$45,000Microburst winds took trees down, one fell on a home at 1536 Tin Lane.
April 2011HailVan Wyck$45,000Hail reported...bigger than quarter sized but small than golfball sized...at the Indian Land AMACO station. Also, several cars had broken windshields.
April 2011HailLancaster$40,000Spotter reported golfball size hail in Lancaster.
April 2011HailVan Wyck$40,000County EM measured golfball size hail with dents covering his vehicle and others.
April 2011HailTradesville$40,000Public reported golfball size hail covering the ground at the M and R Mini Mart.
April 2011HailVan Wyck$40,000Hail measuring 2 inches was reported at Andrew Jackson State Park.
April 2011HailVan Wyck$40,000Public reported 2 inch hail.
February 2003Flash FloodCountywide$40,000Sheriff reported flash flooding along many streams including Run Creek and Hannah Creek. A couple of trailor parks had to be evacuated as water was rising into the mobil homes.
September 2014Flash FloodDwight Xrds$32,000Dispatch reported flooding on Doster, Plyer, Mill, Happy Trail, Langley, Gills Creek, and Taxahaw roads with several washouts.
April 2011HailKershaw$30,000Storm chaser and meteorologist reported 1.5 inch hail in the town of Kershaw.
April 2011HailDouglas$30,000Pbulic reported golfball size hail near Hwy 200 and Lloyd Reid Road.
April 2011HailLingles Xrds$25,000Pbulic reported 1.5 inch hail that covered the ground at the Express Mart.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindStewarts Xrds$25,000NWS and Emergency Management found many trees down, some on a few homes, in the area bounded by Shiloh Unity, Stacks, Robert Usher, and Rowell roads.
March 1977Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTaxahaw$24,000The Lancaster News reported several trees fell onto some sheds at a home in the Charlesboro Community crushing them.
September 2012Flash FloodCamp Creek$24,000Lancaster County EM reported a car washed off of Catoe Road.
January 2024Flash FloodCrocketts Xrds$20,000Rum Creek and surrounding tributaries flooded and affected two homes on Country Club Dr. Both homes were flooded by 2 to 4 feet of water.
September 2012Flash FloodTaxahaw$20,000Water covering the bridge along Hwy 9 near the Lancaster Chesterfield county line. Many other roads including Doster road also flooded and closed.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindLancaster$20,000A microburst did minor damage to several homes and a business on the southwest side of town between Memorial Drive and Wade Street. Siding and shigles were damaged and the roof of a foundary was damaged.
June 2015HailVan Wyck$18,000Police Officer reported golf ball size hail with trees and powerlines down on Harrisburg Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindElgin$18,000EM reported many trees and powerlines down from Elgin to East Doc Garris Road...3500 residents without power.
September 2012Flash FloodCamp Creek$18,000Lancaster County EM reported a water rescue of patrons in a vehicle on Langley road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLancaster$18,000Sheriff reported numerous trees and powerlines down between Hwy 5 South and the City of Lancaster. A building also had its roof partially torn off.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindLancaster$16,000Dispatch reported a tree fell onto a home on Fairfield Street in Lancaster.
September 2012Flash FloodCamp Creek$16,000Sheriff reported Hershel Plyer Road and Gills Creek Drive flooded and impassable.
December 2015Flash FloodLancaster Co Arpt$15,000Sheriff Dispatch reported several roads in the county are impassable to due high water. Portions of Kershaw-Camden Hwy...Shiloh Unity Road and Camp Creek Road were closed due to flooding.
February 1997Thunderstorm WindLancaster$15,000no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindLancaster$15,000no account filed
September 2015Thunderstorm WindElgin$14,000Dispatch reported straight line wind damage, including an awning on Adam Lane, a downed tree on King Mill Road, and powerlines down on Flat Creek Road.
December 2009Flash FloodLancaster$14,000Sheriff departments in Lancaster, Chesterfield, Kershaw, and Fairfield counties reported considerable flash flooding in portions of their counties. Many streams were overflowing roads, bridges, and flooding low lying areas. Several washouts and road closures were also reported.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindLancaster$12,000Dispatch reported a large carport and shed blown down on Fairfield Street in Lancaster.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindJones Xrds$12,000Emergency Manager reported trees and powerlines down.

Mines and quarries

69 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 69 workings inside this county. 10 still produce and 59 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Gold34
Clay13
Sand and Gravel, Construction7
Mica6
Granite, Stone, Dimension5
Copper2
Granite, Sand and Gravel, Construction1
Quartz1
Mica, Silver, Gold1
Sulfur1
Tin, Molybdenum1
Stone, Dimension1
Silver, Gold1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coral Grey QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Haile MineMica, Silver, Gold, Sulfur, Tin, MolybdenumUnknown1827, 1828, 1992
Haile MineSilver, GoldPlant1827, 1829
Liberty Hill DepositQuartzPast Producer1954
Sistore Gravel PitGranite, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerWeathering Residual
Hagin MineGold, CopperPast Producer1856
Hagin MineGold, CopperPast Producer
Carolina Mahogany No.1Granite, Stone, DimensionPast Producer1980
Congaree QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Excelsior Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Old Sumter Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Taxehaw Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Blackmon MineGold, MicaUnknown1840, 1906
Hilltop MineMicaProducer1981
Kershaw MineMicaUnknownMica
Kershaw MineMicaProducer
Sericite Pit Number 1MicaUnknownMetamorphic
Sericite Pit Number 2MicaUnknownMetamorphic
Faulkenberry Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lancaster County MinesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pageland MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Parker Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Parker Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unidentified Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Faile MineClayProducer
Howey MineClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Lancaster MillClayPast Producer
Miller MineClayProducerMetamorphic
Old Shale PitClayUnknownMetamorphic
Shale Pit Number 2ClayUnknownMetamorphic
Unidentified Clay PitClayPast ProducerWeathering Residual
Unidentified Clay PitClayUnknownSedimentary
Unidentified Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Van Wyck MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Van Wyck MineClayProducer
Yoder #1(Yoder#2)ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Yoder #2 (Robert Yoder)ClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Belk MineGoldPast Producer
Belk MineGoldPast Producer
Blackmon MineGoldPast Producer
Brassington MineGoldPast Producer
Brothers BelkGoldPast Producer
Clyburn MinesGoldPast Producer
Cureton MineGoldPast Producer
Funderbunk MineGoldUnknownVein
Funderburk MineGoldPast Producer
Funderburk MineGoldPast Producer
Gay MineGoldPast Producer
Gold HillGoldUnknownVein
Gold Hill MineGoldPast Producer
Ingram MineGoldUnknownVein
Ingram MineGoldPast Producer
Izell MineGoldPast Producer
Izell Or EzellGoldPast Producer1849
Johnson MineGoldPast Producer
Johnson MineGoldUnknownVein
Johnson MineGoldPast Producer
Joseph Clark Estate MineGoldPast Producer
Knight ProspectGoldPast Producer
Knights ProspectGoldProspect
Massey MineGoldPast Producer
Phiffer ProspectGoldProspect
Redding PlacerGoldUnknownPlacer
Redding PlacerGoldPast Producer
Stevens MineGoldUnknownVein
Stevens MineGoldPast Producer
Stroud ProspectGoldOccurrence
Stroud ProspectGoldPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

81

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Lancaster County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Lancaster, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1884 to 1948

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

3 structures

The vanished settlements of Lancaster County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.