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Little Salkehatchie River
The Little Salkehatchie River is a stream in Barnwell County, South Carolina, Barnwell, Bamberg County, South Carolina, Bamberg, and Colleton County, South Carolina, Colleton counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It originates in the Town of Blackville, South Carolina, Blackville and accepts drainage from Lake Cynthia, Guess Pond, Brooker Pond, Ghants Branch, Halfmoon Branch, and Long Gall Branch. Further downstream, the river accepts drainage from Long Pond, Ben Rice Bay, Colston Branch (Ben Rice Branch, Doussoss Bay, Indian Camp Branch, McMillian Branch), and Long Branch (Little Clear Pond, Clear Pond). There are a total of 111.7 stream miles and of lake waters in this Drainage basin, watershed, all classified freshwater. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnwell County, South Carolina
Barnwell County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,589. Barnwell County is part of the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the Central Savannah River Area. Its county seat is Barnwell. History The Barnwell District was created in 1797 (effective in 1800) from the southwestern portion of the Orangeburg District, along the Savannah River. It was named after John Barnwell, a local figure in the Revolutionary War. In 1868, under the South Carolina Constitution revised during Reconstruction, South Carolina districts became counties. The government was made more democratic, with county officials to be elected by male citizens at least 21 years old, rather than by the state legislature as done previously. In 1871 the legislature took the northwestern portion of the county to form part of the new Aiken County, the only county organized during the Reconstruction era. In 1874 the bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |