Rhems is an

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located on the boundary between Williamsburg County and Georgetown County,

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, United States. It is centered around the intersection of County Line Road (SC 51), Rhems Road, and Browns Ferry Road (SC 41), not far from

Black Mingo Creek Black Mingo Creek is a tributary to the Black River in coastal South Carolina. The creek derives its name from the Mingo, a tribe that once inhabited the fork made by the junction of Indiantown Swamp and Black Mingo Creek. It is a blackwater riv ...

, and just south of the historic Willtown site.J. W. Nelson Chandler, "Willtown, Black Mingo: The Rise and Fall of and Early Village in the South Carolina Lowcountry" in ''The South Carolina Historical Magazine'' Vol. 105, No. 2 (April 2004) pp. 107-134

History

Rhems was named for the Rhem family. Furnifold Rhem, Sr. (1820-1888) settled in this location in 1846 and acquired a large plantation. He founded F. Rhem Co., changing the name to F. Rhem & Sons Company in 1886 when he was joined by his two sons, Durward Dudley (1862-1922) and Furnifold, Jr. (1864-1918). The company grew and eventually included the production and sale of cotton, naval stores, turpentine, the Black River and Mingo Steamboat Co., Rhem Real Estate Co., Rhem Dock & Terminal Co., Rhem Timber and Land Co., and the Rhem Shingle Co.

Geology

Rhems is the eponym of the Rhems Formation, a geologic formation of gray-black shale with seams of sand and mica, and fossils from the Paleogene

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, located just to the east.

Notable people

Charles Flint Rhem Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

(January 24, 1901 - July 30, 1969), born in Rhems, South Carolina, was a professional baseball player and pitcher.

References

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