South Carolina Highway 381 (SC 381) is a primary
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in the U.S. state of
South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
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. It connects the towns in eastern
Marlboro County
Marlboro County is a county located in the Pee Dee region on the northern border of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 26,667. Its county seat is Bennettsville. The Great Pee Dee River runs through it. M ...
.
Route description
SC 381 traverses from
Blenheim at
SC 38 to the
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
state line where it continues as
North Carolina Highway 381
North Carolina Highway 381 (NC 381) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway connects the cities of Hamlet and Gibson.
Route description
NC 381 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses from th ...
into
Gibson, North Carolina
Gibson is a town in Scotland County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 540 at the 2010 census.
History
Gibson was originally located in Richmond County, North Carolina. A post office was built in the area in 1846, and the town w ...
. As a two-lane rural highway, it connects the towns of
Clio
In Greek mythology, Clio ( , ; el, Κλειώ), also spelled Kleio, is the muse of history, or in a few mythological accounts, the muse of lyre playing.
Etymology
Clio's name is etymologically derived from the Greek root κλÎω/ÎºÎ»ÎµÎ¯Ï ...
and
McColl.
History
The highway was established in 1930 as a new primary route from SC 38 in Blenheim to
SC 9 in Clio. In 1931 or 1932, it was extended north to
SC 30 (today
U.S. Route 15
U.S. Route 15 (US 15) is a -long United States highway, designated along South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York. The route is signed north–south, from U.S. Route 17 Alternate in Walterboro, South Caro ...
(US 15) and
US 401
U.S. Route 401 (US 401) is a north–south United States highway, a spur of U.S. Route 1, that travels along the Fall Line from Sumter, South Carolina to Interstate 85 near Wise, North Carolina.
Route description
Starting in Sumt ...
) in McColl; and west to the community of
Marlboro
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. In 1934, the western extension was dropped while it extended north again to the North Carolina state line. In 1940, SC 381 was extended west again to
SC 382 in
Scott, only to be truncated back in Blenheim by 1948.
Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, South Carolina Highway 381
SC 381 at Virginia Highways' South Carolina Highways Annex
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Year 381 ( CCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Syagrius and Eucherius (or, less frequently, year 1134 ...
Transportation in Marlboro County, South Carolina