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Williamsburg County, South Carolina

43 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

12 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

South Carolina within the United States
Williamsburg County within South Carolina
Explore by year 1897 1927

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Kingstree, between 1908 and 1940.
  • 5 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 591 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 12 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 9 buildings and 3 districts.
  • 2 of the 12 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 73 populated places in this county; 73 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.

Black Mingo Baptist Church, SC Secondary Road 162, Nesmith, Williamsburg County, SC
Black Mingo Baptist Church, SC Secondary Road 162, Nesmith, Williamsburg County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Williamsburg County Courthouse, Main Street, Kingstree, Williamsburg County, SC
Williamsburg County Courthouse, Main Street, Kingstree, Williamsburg County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Nelson House, Kingstree, Williamsburg County, SC
Nelson House, Kingstree, Williamsburg County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

12

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
Clarkson Farm Complexdistrict198888001706
Epps-McGill Farmhousebuilding2020100005612
Gamble Housebuilding197878002535
M. F. Heller Housebuilding199494000452
McCollum-Murray Housebuilding200606000579
New Marketdistrict199898000290
Colonel John Gotea Pressley Housebuilding199797000534
Salters Plantation Housedistrict200000000591
Scott Housebuilding198282004797
Thorntreebuilding197070000606
Williamsburg County Courthousebuilding198282003906
John Calvin Wilson Housebuilding198282003905

Digitised newspapers

6 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 County Record

Kingstree, S.C., 1885 to 1975. 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.

Stuckey Bros. Furniture Co., Boston Public Library - undated
Stuckey Bros. Furniture Co.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

48 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 2,837 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 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, 1957-03-10, scale 1:24000
1957-03-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-03-10, scale 1:24000
1957-03-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-03-10, scale 1:24000
1957-03-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-06, scale 1:24000
1957-04-06, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-01, scale 1:40000
1958-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-01, scale 1:40000
1958-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-01, scale 1:40000
1958-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-01, scale 1:40000
1958-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-04-07, scale 1:40000
1959-04-07, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-04-07, scale 1:40000
1959-04-07, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-04-07, scale 1:40000
1959-04-07, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-04-07, scale 1:40000
1959-04-07, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-09-14, scale 1:53075
1960-09-14, scale 1:53075. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-09-14, scale 1:53075
1960-09-14, scale 1:53075. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-09-14, scale 1:53075
1960-09-14, scale 1:53075. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-07-14, scale 1:19595
1961-07-14, scale 1:19595. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-01, scale 1:60000
1961-10-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-01, scale 1:60000
1961-10-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-01, scale 1:60000
1961-10-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-26, scale 1:40000
1968-04-26, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-26, scale 1:40000
1968-04-26, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-26, scale 1:40000
1968-04-26, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-26, scale 1:40000
1968-04-26, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-08, scale 1:20500
1972-02-08, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-08, scale 1:20500
1972-02-08, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-08, scale 1:20500
1972-02-08, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-08, scale 1:20500
1972-02-08, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-13, scale 1:76000
1974-05-13, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-11-07, scale 1:65000
1974-11-07, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-11-07, scale 1:65000
1974-11-07, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-07-21, scale 1:66000
1976-07-21, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-07-21, scale 1:66000
1976-07-21, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-07-21, scale 1:66000
1976-07-21, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:25700
1978-03-01, scale 1:25700. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:25700
1978-03-01, scale 1:25700. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-01-01, scale 1:80000
1980-01-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-01-01, scale 1:80000
1980-01-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-01-01, scale 1:80000
1980-01-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-01-01, scale 1:80000
1980-01-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-01, scale 1:14000
1982-03-01, scale 1:14000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

14 stations, 1 gage

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

54 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.

  • 45-1Township 1, Hope: Greeleyville town
  • 45-2Township 1, Hope - That part Bounded by Township line; Township line; Dickie Swamp, Bennett Swamp; State Hwy. 667
  • 45-3Township 1, Hope - That part Bounded by Township line; State Hwy. 667; Greeleyville town limits, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; County line
  • 45-4Township 1, Hope - That part Bounded by Road from State Hwy. 667, southeast to U.S. Hwy. 52 via St. James Church and School and Mt. Zion Church; U.S. Hwy. 52; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Greeleyville town limits, State Hwy. 667
  • 45-5Township 1, Hope - That part Bounded by Bennett Swamp; Dickie Swamp; Township line; U.S. Hwy. 52, Noad northwest from U.S. Hwy. 52 to State Hwy. 667, via Mt. Zion Church and St. James Church and School
  • 45-6Township 1, Hope - That part Bounded by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Greeleyville town limits, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Township line; Mt. Hope Swamp; County line
  • 45-7Township 1, Hope - That part Bounded by Mt. Hope Swamp; Mt. Hope Swamp, Township line; County line; County line
  • 45-8Lane town, comprising parts of Township 2, Laws, and Township 3, Penn: Lane town - That part in Township 3, Penn
  • 45-9Lane town - That part in Township 2, Laws
  • 45-10Township 2, Laws, outside Lane town: Township 2, Laws - That part north of State Hwy. 171
  • 45-11Township 2, Laws - That part north of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and south of State Hwy. 171, outside Lane town
  • 45-12Township 2, Laws - That part south of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, outside Lane town (Remainder of Township 2, Laws, is in Lane town)
  • 45-13Township 3, Penn, outside Lane town: Township 3, Penn - That part west of State Hwy. 261, and north of U.S. Hwy. 521, outside Lane town
  • 45-14Township 3, Penn - That part north of State Hwy. 515, east of State Hwy. 261, and south of U.S. Hwy. 521, outside Lane town
  • 45-15Township 3, Penn - That part south of State Hwy. 515, outside Lane town (Remainder of Township 3, Penn, is in Lane town)
  • 45-16Township 4, Suttons
  • 45-17Township 5, Anderson: Andrews town - That part in Williamsburg County comprising part of Tomship 5, Anderson (Remainder of Andrews town is in Township 4, Andrews, Georgetown County)
  • 45-18Township 5, Anderson - That part west of Spring Valley Swamp, and north of U.S. Hwy. 521, outside Andrews town
  • 45-19Township 5, Anderson - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 521, east of Spring Valley Swamp and north of State Hwy. 515, outside Andrews town
  • 45-20Township 5, Anderson - That part south of State Hwy. 515, outside Andrews town
  • 45-21Township 6, Sumter: Township 6, Sumter - That part east of Kingstree Swamp Canal
  • 45-22Township 6, Sumter - That part west of Kingstree Swamp Canal
  • 45-23Township 6 1/2, Mouzon: Township 6 1/2, Mouzon - That part Bounded by Township line; U.S. Hwy. 52; Road from U.S. Hwy. 52 to State Hwy. 527 via Allen Chapel School, State Hwy. 527; Clapp Swamp
  • 45-24Township 6 1/2, Mouzon - That part Bounded by Township line; Clapp Swamp; Township line; Township line
  • 45-25Township 6 1/2, Mouzon - That part Bounded by State Hwy. 527, road from State Hwy. 527 to U.S. Hwy. 52 via Allen Chapel School, U.S. Hwy. 52, Township line; Township line; Township line; Township line, Clapp Swamp
  • 45-26Township 7, Kings: Township 7, Kings - That part east of Boggy Swamp and north of State Hwy. 527, and road from State Hwy. 527 to east Township line via St. James and St. Michael Churches
  • 45-27Township 7, Kings - That part north of State Hwy. 175, and west of Boggy Swamp
  • 45-28Township 7, Kings - That part south of State Hwy. 175, west of Boggy Swamp and north of State Hwy. 527
  • 45-29Township 7, Kings - That part south of State Hwy. 527
  • 45-30Township 7, Kings - That part south of road from State Hwy. 527 to east Township line via St. James and St. Michael Churches, and north of State Hwy. 527
  • 45-31Township 8, Turkey: Township 8, Turkey - That part Bounded by Township line; Township line; State Hwy. 502; State Hwy. 502
  • 45-32Township 8, Turkey - That part Bounded by State Hwy. 502; Road from State Hwy. 502 to State Hwy. 527 via Cedar Swamp Church; State Hwy. 527; Township line
  • 45-33Township 8, Turkey - That part Bounded by State Hwy. 502; Township line; State Hwy. 527; Road from State Hwy. 527 to State Hwy. 502 via Cedar Swamp Church
  • 45-34Township 8, Turkey - That part Bounded by State Hwy. 527; Township line; Township line; Township line
  • 45-35Township 9, Mingo: Township 9, Mingo - That part Bounded by Township line; County line; State Hwy. 527, road from State Hwy. 527 to State Hwy. 502 via St. Johns Church, State Hwy. 502, Seaboard Air Line Railway
  • 45-36Township 9, Mingo - That part Bounded by State Hwy. 502; Road from State Hwy. 502 to State Hwy. 527 via St. Johns Church, State Hwy. 527; County line, Township line; Seaboard Air Line Railway
  • 45-37Township 9, Mingo - That part Bounded by Township line; Seaboard Air Line Railway; Hell Hole Branch, Dobson Branch; Township line
  • 45-38Township 9, Mingo - That part Bounded by Dobson Branch, Hell Hole Branch; Seaboard Air Line Railway; Township line; Township line
  • 45-39Township 10, Ridge: Township 10, Ridge - That part north of State Hwy. 94
  • 45-40Township 10, Ridge - That part south of State Hwy. 94
  • 45-41Township 11, Indian: Township 11, Indian - That part north of State Hwys. 94 and 175
  • 45-42Township 11, Indian - That part south of State Hwys. 94 and 175
  • 45-43Township 12, Johnson: Hemingway town
  • 45-44Township 12, Johnson - That part east of Seaboard Air Line Railway, and north of State Hwy. 51, outside Hemingway town
  • 45-45Township 12, Johnson - That part west of Seaboard Air Line Railway, and north of State Hwy. 175, outside Hemingway town
  • 45-46Township 12, Johnson - That part south of State Hwy. 175, and west of Seaboard Air Line Railway, outside Hemingway town
  • 45-47Township 12, Johnson - That part east of Seaboard Air Line Railway, west and south of State Hwy. 511, outside Hemingway town
  • 45-48Township 12, Johnson - That part north and east of State Hwy. 511 and south of State Hwy. 51, outside Hemingway town
  • 45-49Township 16, Kingstree, coextensive with Kingstree town: Kingstree town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Main; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 45-50Kingstree town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Kelly, Academy; Longstreet
  • 45-51Kingstree town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Longstreet; Main; Town limits
  • 45-52Kingstree town - That part Bounded by Academy, Kelly; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Main; Longstreet
  • 45-53Kingstree town - That part Bounded by Main; Town limits; Town limits
  • 45-54Clarendon township

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

6,019 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 6,019 of them, burning about 52,522 acres. 40 started naturally and 1,732 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2035
Debris and open burning1873
Arson/incendiarism1732
Equipment and vehicle use159
Smoking78
Misuse of fire by a minor46
Natural40
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Recreation and ceremony9
Other causes6
Fireworks1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Three of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined862 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 February 2002Arson/incendiarism380 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 March 2008Arson/incendiarism362 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionTRIO
14 March 2013Arson/incendiarism360 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 April 2001Smoking300 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 March 1999Debris and open burning280 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined275 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined270 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

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

Storms, 1962 to 2025

60 of 273 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 273 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 19 injuries and about $12,959,750 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind150
Hail79
Flash Flood16
Tornado14
Flood7
Lightning4
Heavy Rain3

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
November 1995Tornado (F1)Kingstree11 hurt, $350,000Two tornado touchdowns destroyed a laundromat and downed trees onto homes.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindKingstree4 hurt, $85,000A NWS storm survey concluded a downburst rolled a manufactured home (that was not tied down) 75 feet over a car and into a ditch. Four people were in the home and were treated for minor injuries.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Hemingway3 hurt, $320,000A National Weather Service storm survey determined an F1 tornado touched down approximately 2.5 miles west of Hemingway. The tornado overturned two singlewide mobile homes and tore the roof off another, dropping it on a vehicle and causing damage. The damage estimate in this area was $100K. Two people were hospitalized. The tornado continued east southeast, weakening somewhat, and caused F0 damage, snapping pine trees. The trees fell on a singlewide and doublewide mobile home and two vehicles. One person was hopitalized, and the damage in this area totaled $120K. The tornado strengthened, causing F1 damage once again one mile south of Hemingway. It destroyed a tobacco warehouse and damaged a farm supply building, with $100K damage. The tornado turned slightly northeast, and caused F0 damage to trees and a wheat field before finally dissipating. The spotty damage path length was 3.8 miles.
November 1995Tornado (F1)Sandridge1 hurt, $150,000Several mobile homes damaged or destroyed.
October 2015FloodKingstree$8,000,000Around 10 to 15 inches of rain fell over a three day period, causing the Black River at Kingstree to rise to a major flood. The river crested at 22.65 feet, beating the previous record crest in 1973 by nearly three feet. Several hundred homes were evacuated due to inundation. The town of Quinby had moderate flooding.
October 2015Flash FloodHolly Tree Plantatio$800,000Widespread flooding across the county with numerous roads reportedly impassable.
June 2015LightningGreeleyville$500,000Lightning struck Mt. Zion AME church in Greeleyville. The 8000 sq ft church caught fire and was a total loss.
October 2015Flash FloodKingstree$500,000Numerous streets and adjacent property was reported flooded in Kingstree to include Main Street.
August 2004Flash FloodGreeleyville$400,000Heavy rains associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston amounted to around 10 inches in about 3 to 4 hours over western Williamsburg County. This resulted in widespread road closures across western portions of the county.
October 2016Flash FloodMillwood$250,000Flood waters were reportedly rushing across several roads. A few structures were also impacted by the flood waters. The time was estimated.
May 1978Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
March 2008Tornado (EF1)Trio$200,000A National Weather Service Storm Survey concluded an EF1 tornado with winds to 100 mph developed just west of Steadfast Road where most of the damage occurred. The tornado dissipated just east of Jumpin Run Road. Thirty five homes were damaged, 7 suffered major damage and 5 were completely destroyed. The maximum path width was 75 yards. The path length was about 4 miles. Williamsburg County officials estimated the damage at $200,000 dollars.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHemingway$100,000Widespread wind damage to include tree damage was reported across the town of Hemingway.
July 2003Tornado (F1)Salters$75,000A National Weather Service storm survey determined a tornado touched down twice over a one mile path. The first touch down occurred one mile southeast of Salters, snapping trees and destroying a manufactured home, equipment shed, and another building. The tornado dropped debris over a quarter mile path, and the damage was consistent with an F1. The tornado touched down again northeast of Salters, downing a tree, and flipping several sheds. Damage in this area was consistent with an F0. There were no reported injuries.
June 1998Tornado (F1)Cades$72,000no account filed
October 2016Flash FloodBartell Xrds$50,000Flood waters washed out a portion of roadway at the intersection of Old Georgetown Road and Dewey Cox Road near the Florence and Williamsburg County line.
October 2015Flash FloodRhems$50,000Roadway was reported flooded near the intersection of State Road 41 and State Road 51.
June 2010FloodHemingway$50,000A storm survey by a NWS employee revealed extensive flooding in downtown Hemingway. The back parking lot of the Post Office flooded, with water reaching the floorboards of several vans. A dumpster floated to the other side of the parking lot. Water flooded the Masonic Temple, despite sandbags. Flood waters also entered the Town Hall.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindKingstree$50,000A storm survey concluded straight line winds peeled back the roofing on three small and open hangers. A small Cesna plane was tipped onto one wing. A cotton trailer was overturned. Trees were also blown down.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindTrio$50,000National Weather Service storm damage assessment in Trio described damage to 5 model homes in the Blakely housing development due to straight line thunderstorm winds estimated at 65-75 mph. Dime-size hail was also reported in the town.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindTrio$50,000Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged 20 mobile homes and numerous trees were reported down. In addition, the wind damaged 30 to 40 acres of corn crop in the area.
January 1995Thunderstorm Windcountywide$50,000Trees blown down and power outages across county.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWorkman$35,000A survey conducted by the National Weather Service concluded a squall line produced straight-line winds up to 75 to 85 mph. The most significant damage surveyed was along Manning Highway between Easler Highway and Highway 52. Tree damage along this 5 mile stretch of roadway was widespread. Numerous large limbs were blown out of healthy trees. A few tree tops were snapped out of healthy trees, up to 14 inches in diameter. A few larger trees were snapped off, but these larger trees possessed considerable rotten wood. A few medium to large trees were uprooted. In addition, several homes lost a small amount of shingles or flashing. Some homes received mostly minor damage from falling trees or limbs. A few outdoor buildings were damaged or destroyed as the wind lifted the metal roofing and deposited it up to 100 yards away. The time of the damage was estimated based on radar data.
October 2015Flash FloodKingstree$35,000Water was reportedly crossing North Jackson Street.
October 2015Flash FloodCades$30,000Portions of Cade Road were reported flooded.
October 2015Flash FloodHeineman$30,000Portions of Union Church Road were reported flooded.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMouzon$30,000A National Weather Service Storm Survey concluded a microburst with winds to 65 mph ripped the roof off of a single wide mobile home and partially tore the siding off of a manufactured home. Ten large trees were snapped or uprooted. The damage occurred from near Violet Road to Lynchburg Road. The path length was 230 yards. The maximum path width was 0.5 miles.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGreeleyville$25,000Widespread tree and power line damage was reported along Highway 521 from near Greeleyville to Trio Road. The time of the damage was estimated based on radar data.
June 2010LightningHemingway$25,000Lightning struck a tree, which fell on a trailer, causing extensive damage.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindNesmith$25,000Storm survey found several trees snapped and a pack house was blown off its blocks. Another house sustained wind and hail damage. Golfball size hail was reported.
June 1983Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1965Tornadonot stated$25,000no account filed
November 1995Tornado (F0)Kingstree$20,000Tornado destroyed a mobile home and scattered cotton bales.
October 2015Flash FloodCades$15,000Portions of Dewey Cox Road were reported flooded.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMillwood$15,000Numerous trees and power lines were reported down from near Kingstree to Kellehan Crossroads. One hundred and sixty one homes sustained a loss of electricity.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindAndrews$15,000Several large trees uprooted. One fell on a truck and a porch was shifted. Several pear trees were snapped.
January 1995Thunderstorm Windnot stated$10,000Trees downed knocking out power across county
June 1998Thunderstorm WindTrio$10,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindOak Ridge$7,000Several trees and large limbs were reported down near the intersection of Oakridge Road and Earle Road. The roof of an old barn was damaged.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindSalters$6,000Trees were reportedly down on Highway 521 near Salters.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHemingway$5,000Roofs were reportedly blown off of two buildings on Circle Drive.
October 2015Flash FloodMoore Xrds$5,000Portions of Ed Road were reported flooded.
October 2015Flash FloodMartins Xrds$5,000Portions of Covington Road were reported flooded.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBrockington$5,000Trees were reported down along Highway 52. The report was relayed through the Williamsburg County 911 Center.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindTrio$5,000Strong winds blew the roof off a mobile home.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWarsaw$5,000Power company reported trees downed onto power lines.
August 1999HailHemingway$5,000Nickle size hail covered the ground, and a large oak tree was downed, knocking out power.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindHemingway$5,000ROOF DAMAGE, NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCades$5,000no account filed
September 2015Thunderstorm WindSatters Depot$4,000Power poles and power lines were reported down along U.S. 521.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindNesmith$4,000Several trees were reportedly down along Sandhill Road.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHemingway$4,000Several trees were reported down near the intersection of Highway 41/51 and Highway 261.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHebron Xrds$4,000Four trees were reported down.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindKellehan Xrds$3,000Large tree down on property along Birch Creek Rd. located approximately a half mile from intersection with NC-527/Thurgood Marshall Highway.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHemingway$3,000A large tree reportedly fell onto power lines on S Lee St.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindKingstree$3,000Trees were reported down on Park Avenue.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindBlakely$3,000Trees reported down on Blakely Road.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindIndiantown$3,000Trees were reported down at the intersection of Old Georgetown Road and Highway 261.
April 2011HailGreeleyville$3,000Hail to the size of golf balls was reported by a trained spotter.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindFowler$3,000Trees were reportedly down on McGirt Swamp Road.

Mines and quarries

8 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 8 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 6 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction5
Sand2
Clay1

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gourdin Fullers Earth PitClayUnknownSedimentary
McKenzie Pit # 2SandProducerSedimentary
McKenzie Pit # 2SandProducerSedimentary
Parsons Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Parsons Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Warsaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Warsaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

The county's history books

142,100 words

One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 38 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.

History of Williamsburg; Something About the People of Williamsburg County, South Carolina, from the First Settlement by Europeans About 1705 Until 1923. (1923)

ChapterLength
Chapter 1: Before Williamsburg Had a Name1,949 words
Chapter 2: The Kinoes Tree and Williamsburg Township4,151 words
Chapter 3: Original Settlers1,063 words
Chapter 4: The People Who Settled Williamsburg3,350 words
Chapter 5: Economic Conditions1,696 words
Chapter 6: Churches and Churchmen4,492 words
Chapter 7: Growing Pains and Petitions4,016 words
Chapter 8: Colonial Wills3,496 words
Chapter 9: Political and Social Matters2,199 words
Chapter 10: The War of the Revolution6,067 words
Chapter 11: Williamsburg Soldiers in the Revolution3,800 words
Chapter 12: Government by the People1,809 words
Chapter 13: The Town of Williamsburg, 17883,438 words
Chapter 15: Presbyterianism Regnant8,453 words
Chapter 17: Roads and Ferries from 1788 Until 18301,646 words
Chapter 18: Government and Officials, 1783-18302,052 words
Chapter 19: Old Wills and Notes on Them7,072 words
Chapter 20: Economic and Social Life, 1783-18303,261 words
Chapter 21: Indiantown Church, 1819-18302,250 words
Chapter 22: The Nullification Movement, 18321,255 words
Chapter 23: Puritanism^ Calvinism; and Arminianism10,046 words
Chapter 24: Things, Political and Social, 1830- 18605,908 words
Chapter 25: Transportation, 1830-18601,626 words
Chapter 26: Slavery and Secession4,221 words
Chapter 27: Williamsburg, C. S. A., 18617,253 words
Chapter 28: Williamsburg, C. S. A., 18624,358 words
Chapter 29: Williamsburg, C. S. A., 18631,340 words
Chapter 30: Williamsburg, C. S. A., 18641,954 words
Chapter 31: Williamsburg, C. S. A. 18655,408 words
Chapter 32: Williamsburg, U. S. A., 18652,224 words
Chapter 33: Reconstruction5,545 words
Chapter 34: Another Williamsburg2,467 words
Chapter 35: Public Education Since 18802,433 words
Chapter with an unread heading (no. 34 of those read)4,606 words
Chapter 37: Banking in Williamsburg1,721 words
Chapter 38: Throbbing War Drums Call4,355 words
Chapter 39: Many Things4,575 words
Chapter 40: General Progress4,545 words

Every populated place in the county

73

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 Williamsburg County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Kingstree, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1908 to 1940

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 Williamsburg 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.