Simpsonville(Greenville County; 2020 pop. 25,272). Incorporated on August 13, 1901, Simpsonville began many decades earlier as a crossroads hamlet where…
South Carolina Department of CommerceThe South Carolina Department of Commerce administers South Carolina’s economic development program. Created by the General Assembly in 1945 as…
South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and TourismCreated by the General Assembly in 1967, the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism (SCPRT) is charged with…
South Carolina Educational Television NetworkThe South Carolina Educational Television Network (SCETV) is a state agency providing educational, cultural, and historical programming to South Carolinians…
South Carolina Educational Television-RadioThe South Carolina Educational Television-Radio Network (SCETV-Radio) began broadcasting in 1972 when WETR (90.1) Greenville signed on the air, the…
South Carolina Federation of MuseumsMuseum professionals who saw the need for museum staff and volunteers to work together to strengthen South Carolina’s museums founded…
South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian ExpositionHeld in Charleston from December 1, 1901, to June 20, 1902, the West Indian Exposition followed world’s fairs in other…
South Carolina Jockey ClubHorse racing has been a favorite sport in England since the sixteenth century and naturally found its way to the…
South Carolina National Heritage CorridorThe South Carolina National Heritage Corridor is a grassroots-led heritage tourism initiative that brings together communities throughout a fourteen-county region…
South of the BorderLocated just south of the North Carolina border near the South Carolina town of Hamer, South of the Border has…
Southern 500The Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway was the oldest and one of the most storied races on the National Association…
Spillane, Frank MorrisonNovelist, short story writer. Nicknamed “Mickey” by his Irish Catholic father, Spillane was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March…
SpoletoIn the mid-1970s no one could have imagined staid, conservative Charleston welcoming an invasion by more than 150,000 people for…
St. Andrew's Society of CharlestonThe St. Andrew’s Society is a social and benevolent organization that was founded in Charleston on November 30, 1729. Its…
St. Cecilia SocietyNamed for the patron saint of music, the St. Cecilia Society of Charleston was formed in 1766 as a private…
Staley, Dawn MichelleStaley’s arrival would mark a dramatic change in the fortunes of the Gamecocks women’s basketball program.
State FairThe South Carolina State Fair, formally the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina, was established in 1869 “to…
State ParksAs of 2004, South Carolina’s system of state parks consisted of forty-six properties totaling more than eighty thousand acres of…
Sullivan's Island(Charleston County; 2020 pop. 1,938). Sullivan’s Island was discovered in 1666 by Captain Robert Sandford and named for Captain Florence…
Summerville(Dorchester County; 2020 pop. 53,301). Summerville, the “Flower Town in the Pines,” was established as a summer refuge for plantation…
