Gable is an

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in Clarendon County,

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, United States. The community is located along

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, north-northeast of

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. Gable has a

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with ZIP code 29051, which opened on June 6, 1916.

Education

The community formerly had two all-white public high schools: Gable High School & Black River High School. Gable High School had first opened in the Fall of 1934, & dissolved following the end of the 1948-1949 school year when it consolidated with

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's Salem High School to create Black River High School. Black River High School had first opened in the Fall of 1949, & it dissolved following the end of the 1951-1952 school year when it consolidated with Turbeville High School to create East Clarendon High School. Their school mascot was the

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. Both of these schools had offered baseball, boys & girl's basketball & football as sports.

References

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