Fort Mill, also known as Fort Mill Township, is a town in
York County, South Carolina
York County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 282,090, making it the seventh most populous county in the state. Its county seat is the cit ...
, United States. It is a suburb of
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...
. As of
2020 census, 24,521 people live inside the town's corporate limits. Some businesses and residents in the
Indian Land community of neighboring Lancaster County share a Fort Mill mailing address, but the official town boundary extends only within York County.
The Fort Mill area is home to notable businesses such as the headquarters of
Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps
Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Fort Mill, South Carolina, Carolina Crown is a member corps of Drum Corps International (DCI). Carolina Crown won the 2013 Drum Corps Internat ...
(who were DCI World Champions in 2013),
LPL Financial
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. (commonly referred to as LPL Financial) was founded in 1989 and is considered the largest independent broker-dealer in the United States. As of 2021 the company had more than 17,500 financial advisors, over US$1 trill ...
,
["LPL Financial breaks ground on Fort Mill, SC, headquarters"]
Charlotte Observer. Retrieved April 16, 2017 Continental Tire the Americas (Lancaster County), LLC.,
CompuCom Systems
CompuCom Systems Inc. is a technology managed services provider and product reseller headquartered in Indian Land, South Carolina, a southern suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Variant Equity Advisors. In b ...
,
Diversey, Inc.
Diversey Holdings, Ltd. is an American provider of cleaning and hygiene products in the hospitality, healthcare, food and beverage, food service, retail, and facility management sectors. It is also involved with chemicals, floor care machines, to ...
,
Sunbelt Rentals
Ashtead Group plc is a British industrial equipment rental company based in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange as a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
History
Ashtead was founded in 1947, in the village of Ashtead, Sur ...
,
Domtar
Domtar Corporation is an American company that manufactures and markets wood fiber-based paper and pulp product. The company operates pulp and paper mills in Windsor, Quebec, Dryden, Ontario, Kamloops, British Columbia, Ashdown, Arkansas, Hawesv ...
,
Springs Industries
Springs Global is a Brazil-based multinational corporation engaged in the manufacturing, marketing, and sale of packaged textile and non-textile home furnishings. It makes textile goods, such as sheets, pillows, bedspreads, towels and bath rugs, ...
,
AECOM (Lancaster County),
Shutterfly
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,
["Shutterfly Expands East Coast Manufacturing"]
AreaDevelopment.com, Retrieved April 16, 2017 Red Ventures
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(Lancaster County), Daimler Trucks North America, and Puckerbutt Pepper Company, known for originally producing the
Carolina Reaper
The Carolina Reaper is a cultivar of the ''Capsicum chinense'' plant. Developed by American breeder Ed Currie, the pepper is red and gnarled, with a bumpy texture and small pointed tail. In 2017, ''Guinness World Records'' declared it the hottes ...
.
History
The town of Fort Mill was established in 1873, getting its name from its location between two points, the first, a fort constructed by British in colonial times to protect the Catawba Indians from marauding tribes to the north, and the second point of Webb's Mill. The
Catawba Catawba may refer to:
*Catawba people, a Native American tribe in the Carolinas
*Catawba language, a language in the Catawban languages family
*Catawban languages
Botany
* Catalpa, a genus of trees, based on the name used by the Catawba and other ...
Indians made their home in present-day Fort Mill for many years.
Scots-Irish settlers began arriving in the 1750s and 1760s and a small settlement soon developed. Fort Mill grew rapidly in the late 19th century as
textile mill
Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...
s were established. After many textile mill shut-downs the town continued to grow rapidly and became a major suburb of
Charlotte
Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Meckl ...
.
Highlights in Fort Mill's history include:
* In the mid-18th century, Thomas Spratt and his wife Elizabeth were traveling through upper South Carolina in their wagon. They spent a night among the friendly
Catawba Catawba may refer to:
*Catawba people, a Native American tribe in the Carolinas
*Catawba language, a language in the Catawban languages family
*Catawban languages
Botany
* Catalpa, a genus of trees, based on the name used by the Catawba and other ...
Indians and were invited to stay and live in the area on a large tract of land given to them. They became the first white settlers in the Fort Mill area and their descendants still reside there. Their descendant,
John Spratt
John McKee Spratt Jr. (born November 1, 1942) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 1983 to 2011. The 5th Congressional District covers all or part of 14 counties in north-central South Carolina. The largest cities ar ...
, represented the area in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2011.
* The town of Fort Mill was the site of the last Confederate Government Cabinet meeting (1865).
[ ]Jefferson Davis
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a ...
and the Confederate Cabinet passed through the area during their flight from Richmond in 1865. The last meeting of the full Confederate Cabinet was held at the White Homestead in Fort Mill. Fort Mill's Confederate Park contains the nation's only monument to slaves laboring on the Confederate
Confederacy or confederate may refer to:
States or communities
* Confederate state or confederation, a union of sovereign groups or communities
* Confederate States of America, a confederation of secessionist American states that existed between 1 ...
side of the American Civil War
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.
* In the 1970s and 1980s, Fort Mill was the home to TV evangelist Jim Bakker
James Orsen Bakker (; born January 2, 1940) is an American televangelist and convicted fraudster. Between 1974 and 1987, Bakker hosted the television program ''The PTL Club'' and its cable television platform, the PTL Satellite Network, with h ...
's now defunct Heritage USA
Heritage USA was an American Christian-themed water park, theme park and residential complex in Fort Mill, South Carolina, built by televangelist Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy Faye Bakker, founders of ''The PTL Club''.
The park, which occupied ...
(now reopened as Heritage International Ministries
Heritage International Ministries (H.I.M.) is an Evangelical Christianity, Christian hotel & convention center in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
History
MorningStar Ministries was founded by Rick Joyner and wife Julie in 1985. In 2004, MorningStar ...
).
The Banks-Mack House
Banks-Mack House is a historic home located at Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina. It was built about 1871, and enlarged and renovated in the Classical Revival style in 1910. It is a two-story, frame dwelling with a one-story, hip roofed wra ...
, Fort Mill Downtown Historic District
Fort Mill Downtown Historic District is a national Historic district (United States), historic district located at Fort Mill, South Carolina, Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina. It encompasses 16 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, ...
, Mack-Belk House
Mack-Belk House is a historic home located at Fort Mill, South Carolina, Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina. It consists of a one-story rear section built in the 1860s, with a two-story, three-bay, brick main block built about 1890. It featu ...
, Mills House, Nation Ford Road
Nation Ford Road is a historic roadbed located near Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina. It dates to pre-historic times and is one of the oldest documented travel routes in the southeast. It provided one of the few reliable crossing places on t ...
, National Guard Armory
A National Guard Armory, National Guard Armory Building, or National Guard Readiness Center is any one of numerous buildings of the U.S. National Guard where a unit trains, meets, and parades. A readiness center supports the training, administrati ...
, Spratt Cemetery
Spratt Cemetery is a historic family cemetery located near Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina. It contains graves of three generations of the Spratt family, and other early settlers of the Fort Mill area. The cemetery consists of 14 marked gra ...
, Springfield Plantation House, Thornwell-Elliott House
Thornwell-Elliott House is a historic home located at Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina. It was built about 1877, and is a one-story, L-shaped frame dwelling in the Late Victorian style. The front façade features hip roofed porch with deco ...
, Unity Presbyterian Church Complex
Unity Presbyterian Church Complex is a historic church in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
It was built in 1881 and added to the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal ...
, John M. White House, William Elliott White House
William Elliott White House -- also known as Elliott White Springs House—is a historic home located near Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina. It was built in 1831, and is a two-story brick house with Federal design elements. It features an e ...
, and Wilson House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (1.30%) is water. Interstate 77
Interstate 77 (I-77) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the ...
passes through the western portions of the town, and exit 85 is signed "South Carolina Highway 160
South Carolina Highway 160 (SC 160) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It travels from North Carolina state line, through Fort Mill, ending in Indian Land.
Route description
SC 160 begins at the North ...
/Fort Mill." SC 160 is the main east–west street in Fort Mill.
The town of Fort Mill held a final public hearing in October 2008 on a proposed annexation that doubled the town's physical size. Fort Mill has three golf courses. The town also maintains six parks: Harris Street Park, Steele Street Park, Doby Bridge Park, Calhoun Street Park, Veterans Park and Walter Elisha Park. Three of the six parks have picnic shelters, children's playgrounds, and restrooms. Doby Bridge and Harris Street Parks have lighted baseball fields, with Steele Street and Harris Street Parks having basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
courts, and Steele Street Park having a small water park
A water park (or waterpark, water world) is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, water playgrounds, and lazy rivers, as well as areas for floating, bathing, swimming, and other baref ...
.[ The town also maintains a banquet hall rentable through the parks and recreation department.
]
Climate
Fort Mill is located in a humid subtropical climate
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, Cfa in the Köppen climate classification
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. This means that the city experiences four distinct seasons, although the variation between the seasons is not as pronounced as in other parts of the United States. Generally, daytime maximum temperatures in the summer are around , with nighttime low temperatures of approximately . In winter, daytime maxima average around while nighttime low temperatures are near . Occasional readings as high as are seen, reaching a high of in 2007 or as low as in 1989. Summers are generally humid and prone to thunderstorms, while winters are rainy with sleet and occasional snow. Snow might fall during the winter but usually does not accumulate or persist as ground cover. Fort Mill experiences rainfall related to tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...
s but is generally too far inland to experience damaging winds. Fort Mill has not had any direct hits from any tropical systems since 1989, when Hurricane Hugo
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devastated the area.
The most common soil in Fort Mill is Cecil series.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 United States census
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, there were 24,521 people, 6,130 households, and 4,854 families residing in the town.
2010 census
As of the census
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of 2010, there were 10,811 people, 4,168 households, and 2,184 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...
was 661.6 people per square mile. There were 4,479 housing units at an average density of 676.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 77.6% White
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, 17.6% African American
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, 0.4% Native American, 1.3% Asian
Asian may refer to:
* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, and 2.1% from two or more races. Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to Vic ...
or Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 2.9% of the population.
There were 2,890 households, out of which 43.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
living together, 17.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.4% were non-families. 21.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.14.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 31.1% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 32.4% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $68,250, and the median income for a family was $79,495. Males had a median income of $58,986 versus $40,819 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population.
Per capita i ...
for the town was $36,548. About 7.2% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line
The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for t ...
, including 13.6% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.
Arts and culture
Fort Mill is home to numerous attractions and, while a growing town, it has access to many amenities outside its jurisdiction in the nearby cities of Charlotte and Rock Hill.
* Narroway Productions is Christian entertainment offering live theatre and dinner.
* A portion of Cedar Fair
Cedar Fair, L.P., formally Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, is a publicly traded master limited partnership headquartered at its Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. The company owns and operates eleven amusement parks, nine included-w ...
's Carowinds
Carowinds is a amusement park located adjacent to Interstate 77 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The park straddles the North Carolina-South Carolina state line, with a portion of the park located in Fort Mill, South Carolina. However, it has an of ...
amusement park is located in Fort Mill.
* Upper Room Chapel is a replica of Jerusalem's Upper Room where the Last Supper was held.
* Historic Downtown Fort Mill is the location of Confederate Park, Memorial Park, and several retail shops. The ''Fort Mill Times'' (ceased publication 2020) and ''Fort Mill Magazine'' are also located on Main Street. One of the Confederate monuments in Confederate Park is the loyal slaves monument
The loyal slaves monument (or faithful slaves monument; it does not have a formal proper name) is an 1896 monument in Confederate Park in Fort Mill, South Carolina, dedicated to the proposition that slaves were loyal and gladly helpful to the Conf ...
, dedicated to the proposition that slaves were loyal and gladly helpful to the Confederacy.
Fort Mill is also known for its peach orchards and the Anne Springs Close Greenway
The Anne Springs Close Greenway is an extensive protected natural area in Fort Mill, South Carolina
Fort Mill, also known as Fort Mill Township, is a town in York County, South Carolina, United States. It is a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina. ...
, an extensive nature preserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or o ...
consisting of approximately of lakes, forests, and pastures that provide trails for hiking, biking, and horseback riding.
Sports
Fort Mill is the Home of the PrimeTime Players
The PrimeTime Players are a minor league professional basketball team based in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The PrimeTime Players have played independently in the Carolinas since 1991, competing in tournaments and pro-am leagues. The team has ...
, a Minor League Basketball Franchise who currently plays in the East Coast Basketball League
East Coast Basketball League (ECBL) is a men's professional basketball minor league in the United States that began play in March 2015. The league is centered in the Carolinas with teams also in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, ...
. The PrimeTime Players are four-time Minor League champions, having won Championships in the TRBL 2012-2014 and the ECBL in 2015. The PrimeTime Players play their home games at Banks Street Gym at 490 Academy Street.
Fort Mill is also home to Carolina Crown
Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Fort Mill, South Carolina, Carolina Crown is a member corps of Drum Corps International (DCI). Carolina Crown won the 2013 Drum Corps Internatio ...
, a competitive drum and bugle corps. As a member of Drum Corps International (DCI), Crown won one World Class championship (2013), won the silver medal three times, (2009, 2012, 2015) the bronze medal twice (2016, 2017), and one Division II championship (1993).
Government
The government of Fort Mill takes place within the framework of a Council-Manager Form. Currently, the town council of Fort Mill consists of six board members, two of whom serve from at-large
At large (''before a noun'': at-large) is a description for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent a whole membership or population (notably a city, county, state, province, nation, club or association), rather than ...
districts, while the remainder of the council represent each of four wards. Elections are held in accordance with United States election regulations every two years, and council members serve staggered four year terms.[ The town council meets the second Monday of each month. The town of Fort Mill currently has four boards and commissions. These are the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Planning Commission, the Historical Review Board, and the Housing Authority Board. Members of boards and commissions are appointed on a volunteer basis.
The current mayor is Guynn Savage, who was sworn on January 12, 2016.
Fort Mill is currently represented by the following legislators:][
* US ]Senate
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: Senior Senator Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin Graham (born July 9, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina, a seat he has held since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Graham chaired the Senate Committee ...
(R)
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and Junior Senator Tim Scott
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(R)
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* US House
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: Ralph Norman
Ralph Warren Norman Jr. (born June 20, 1953) is an American real estate developer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2017. His district includes most of the South Carolina side of the Charlotte metropolitan area, alo ...
(R)
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, as part of South Carolina's 5th congressional district
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* South Carolina Senate
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: Chauncey K. Gregory (R)
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as part of South Carolina Senate District 16
* South Carolina House of Representatives
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Unlike many legislatures, seati ...
: Brandon Michael Newton (R)
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as part of South Carolina House District 45 (Eastern Fort Mill Township and adjoining Lancaster County)
Fort Mill and northern portions of its township are represented in the South Carolina House by R. Raye Felder (R)
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as part of South Carolina House District 26.[
]
Education
Fort Mill is the primary community within the Fort Mill School District, which also serves children from the nearby community of Tega Cay.
Fort Mill has a public library
A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants.
There are ...
, a branch of the York County Library.
Notable people
* Steve Byrnes
Steven Patrick Byrnes (April 14, 1959 – April 21, 2015) was an American television announcer and producer.
After graduating from college, he began his career as a sports producer, covering several NFL teams. In 1985, he began his involvement ...
– NASCAR
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on Fox reporter
* Cheslie Kryst
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– Miss USA 2019
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* Ed Currie
"Smokin" Ed Currie is an American chili pepper breeder, who is the founder and president of the PuckerButt Pepper Company. He is best known for breeding the hottest chili pepper in the world, the Carolina Reaper, as recognized by Guinness World Re ...
– breeder of the world's hottest pepper, the Carolina Reaper
The Carolina Reaper is a cultivar of the ''Capsicum chinense'' plant. Developed by American breeder Ed Currie, the pepper is red and gnarled, with a bumpy texture and small pointed tail. In 2017, ''Guinness World Records'' declared it the hottes ...
* Randy Primas
Melvin Randolph "Randy" Primas, Jr. (August 31, 1949 – March 1, 2012) was an American politician who served as the first African-American Mayor of Camden, New Jersey from 1981 to 1990. He was succeeded by fellow African American Aaron A. Thomso ...
– First African-American Mayor of Camden, New Jersey Mayor of Camden, New Jersey, has been an office since its inception in 1828.
List of mayors
* Victor Carstarphen (2021–present)
* Curtis Jenkins (interim) (2021)
* Frank Moran (2018–2021)
* Dana Redd (2010–2018)
* Gwendolyn Faison (2000–2 ...
(1981–1990)
* Charlie Rymer
Charlie Rymer (born December 18, 1967) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nike Tour. He is currently an analyst for the Golf Channel.
Amateur career
Rymer was born in Cleveland, Tennessee and grew up in Fort ...
– golf commentator, member of Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame, winner of U.S. Junior Amateur in 1985
* Heath Slater
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– professional wrestler who appeared for WWE
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between 2010 and 2020
* Elliot White Springs
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Early life
Springs was born to Col. Leroy Springs and Grac ...
– World War I flying ace, author, industrialist, and a member of the South Carolina Hall of Fame
* Melvin Stewart
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– Olympic swimmer and medalist, co-founder of SwimSwam
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[Noden, Merrell (July 6, 1992)]
"Great Expectations: Melvin Stewart's Journey From the World of the PTL Ministry to his Life as the World's Best Butterflyer Has Been Well, Dickensian"
. ''Sports Illustrated
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''. Retrieved July 20, 2021.["Where Are They Now?: Mel Stewart"](_blank)
. ''Charlotte Magazine
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''. July 20, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
* Vance Walker
Vance Jack Walker (born April 26, 1987) is a former American football defensive end. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played high school football at Fort Mill High School and college football fo ...
– NFL defensive tackle for the Denver Broncos
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* James E. Williams – Medal of Honor
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recipient and U.S. Marshal
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of South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
* Ricky Wysocki
Richard Wysocki (born June 5, 1993, in Brunswick, Ohio) is an American professional disc golfer based in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Wysocki grew up in Medina, Ohio, near Roscoe Ewing Disc Golf Course.
Wysocki turned pro in 2010. His career ear ...
– 2016 disc golf
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world champion
See also
* List of municipalities in South Carolina
South Carolina is a state located in the Southern United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, South Carolina is the 23rd most populous state with inhabitants, but the 40th largest by land area spanning of land. South Carolina i ...
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Populated places established in 1873
Towns in South Carolina
Towns in York County, South Carolina
South Carolina populated places on the Catawba River