Horrel Hill is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in Lower
Richland County,
South Carolina
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, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
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, United States. Situated south of
Fort Jackson and northwest of
McEntire Joint National Guard Base
McEntire Joint National Guard Base or McEntire JNGB is a military airport located in Richland County, South Carolina, United States, 10 miles (16 km) west of the town of Eastover and approximately 15 miles southeast of the city of Colum ...
, it is centered at approximately the intersection of Garner's Ferry Road (
U.S. Route 76
U.S. Route 76 (US 76) is an east–west U.S. highway that travels for approximately from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
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378
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) and Harmon Road/Horrel Hill Road (
SC 86). Congaree Road (
SC 769) meets Garner's Ferry Road about 120 meters to the east.
History
Settled in the 1770s, and originally called Meyer's (or Myer's) Hill, it was site of the county courthouse of Richland County from 1785 to 1799.
When the county seat was transferred to the new city of
Columbia, the courthouse was then used for a grammar school.
A number of different names were applied to the area or parts of the area, including Minervaville. Eventually it came to be named for plantation owner Thomas Horrell.
Just before noon on April 30, 1924, Horrell Hill was struck by the
F4 Horrell Hill Tornado, the worst in the state's history. Running for 135 miles, it killed 67 people, including 24 in Horrell Hill. Four children died in Horrell Hill Elementary School when the storm demolished it.
Today Horrell Hill has two schools, Horrell Hill Elementary School and Southeast Middle School, operated by
Richland County School District One
Richland County School District One (abbreviated RCSD One or "Richland One"), is a school district with its headquarters in the Stevenson Administration Building in Columbia, South Carolina.
RCSD One is South Carolina's fifth-largest school distri ...
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References
External links
Horrell Hill Elementary School website
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Unincorporated communities in South Carolina
Unincorporated communities in Richland County, South Carolina
Columbia metropolitan area (South Carolina)