Charleston most commonly refers to: * Charleston, South Carolina * Charleston, West Virginia, the state capital * Charleston (dance) Charleston may also refer to:

Places

Australia

Charleston, South Australia Charleston is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. It is situated on the Onkaparinga Valley Road between Woodside and Mount Torrens, on the main route from the Adelaide Hills to the Barossa Valley, and 3km south-east of Lobe ...

Canada

Charleston, Newfoundland and Labrador Charleston is a settlement in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic re ...

Charleston, Nova Scotia Charleston is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Region of Queens Municipality The Region of Queens Municipality is a regional municipality in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the northern gateway of the U ...

New Zealand

* Charleston, New Zealand

United Kingdom

* Charleston Farmhouse, Sussex, artists' house open to the public * Charleston, Angus, near Dundee, Scotland *

Charleston, Dundee Charleston is an area on the northwest edge of Dundee, Scotland. Menzieshill is to the immediate southwest, Camperdown borders it to the north, and Lochee is to the east. The area is home to two primary schools - Camperdown Primary (multi-re ...

, Scotland *

Charleston, Paisley Charleston is a district in the burgh of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Once a village distinct from Paisley, Charleston has become absorbed as Paisley has expanded, in particular by housing developments in Lochfield and Glenburn. Until ...

, Scotland

United States

Charleston, Arizona Charleston is a ghost town in Cochise County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. It was occupied from the late-1870s through the late-1880s, and was located in what was then known as the Arizona Territory. Located on the wes ...

Charleston, Arkansas Charleston is a city in Franklin County, Arkansas, United States, and along with Ozark is one of the two county seats of Franklin County. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas- Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,494 at ...

Charleston, Illinois Charleston is a city in, and the county seat of, Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,286, as of the 2020 census. The city is home to Eastern Illinois University and has close ties with its neighbor, Mattoon. Both are ...

Charleston, Iowa Charleston is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and B ...

* Charleston, Kansas * Charleston, Kentucky * Charleston, Maine * Charleston, Mississippi *

Charleston, Missouri Charleston is a city in Mississippi County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,056 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Mississippi County. It is a home to a local correctional facility. History Charleston is the largest to ...

* Charleston, Nevada * Charleston, New Jersey * Charleston, New York * Charleston, Staten Island, in New York City, New York * Charleston, North Carolina * Charleston, Oklahoma * Charleston, Oregon * Charleston, Tennessee * Charleston, Utah * Charleston, Vermont * Charleston County, South Carolina *

Charleston Township, Coles County, Illinois Charleston Township is one of twelve townships in Coles County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 23,916 and it contained 9,497 housing units. Eastern Illinois University is located in this township. History Charleston T ...

* Charleston Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan *

Charleston Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania Charleston Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,562 at the 2020 census. Hills Creek State Park, one of 120 Pennsylvania state parks, is in Charleston Township. Geography According to the Un ...

Mount Charleston, Nevada Mount Charleston is an Unincorporated towns in Nevada, unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 357 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census. The town ...

, Clark County, a town *

Mount Charleston Mount Charleston, including Charleston Peak (Nuvagantu, literally "where snow sits", in Southern Paiute or Nüpakatütün in Shoshoni) at , is the highest mountain in both the Spring Mountains and Clark County, in Nevada, United States. It is ...

, Nevada, a mountain *

North Charleston, South Carolina North Charleston is the third-largest city in the state of South Carolina.City Planning Department (2008-07)City of North Charleston boundary map. City of North Charleston. Retrieved January 21, 2011. On June 12, 1972, the city of North Charlest ...

South Charleston, Ohio South Charleston is a village in Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,693 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Despite its name implying that South Charleston is related to a ...

South Charleston, West Virginia South Charleston is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is located to the west of Charleston. The population was 13,639 at the 2020 census. South Charleston was established in 1906, but not incorporated until 1917. The ...

West Charleston, Ohio West Charleston is an unincorporated community in western Bethel Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States. West Charleston was originally called Friendtown, and under the latter name was platted in 1807 by Charles Friend, and named for him. ...

Naval history

* USS ''Charleston'', several US Navy ships * ''Charleston'', later Texan schooner ''Zavala''

Railway stations

Charleston station (West Virginia) Charleston station is an active intercity railroad station in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia. Located on MacCorkle Avenue Southeast, the station services trains of Amtrak's ''Cardinal'' between New York Penn Station and Chicago Union S ...

, US *

North Charleston station The North Charleston Intermodal Transportation Center is an intermodal transit station in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It serves as the Amtrak train station for the Greater Charleston area as well as a bus terminus for the Cha ...

, South Carolina, US

Education

* Charleston Collegiate School, South Carolina *

Charleston High School (disambiguation) Charleston High School may refer to: * Charleston High School (Missouri) * Charleston High School (Mississippi) * Charleston High School (West Virginia), a high school in West Virginia's capital city that closed in 1989 * Charleston High School (I ...

College of Charleston The College of Charleston (CofC or Charleston) is a public university in Charleston, South Carolina. Founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, it is the oldest university in South Carolina, the 13th oldest institution of higher learning in the Unit ...

, in South Carolina **

College of Charleston Cougars The Charleston Cougars are the varsity intercollegiate athletic teams representing the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. The Cougars compete in NCAA Division I and are currently members of the Colonial Athletic Association. T ...

, athletic teams nicknamed "Charleston" *

University of Charleston The University of Charleston (UC) is a private non-profit university with its main campus in Charleston, West Virginia. The university also has a location in Beckley, West Virginia, known as UC-Beckley. History The school was founded in 1888 as ...

, West Virginia ** Charleston Golden Eagles, athletic team *

Charleston Academy Charleston Academy ( Gaelic:''Àrd Sgoil Bhaile Theàrlaich'') is a secondary school established in 1978, in the Kinmylies area of Inverness, Scotland. The present roll is 724 pupils. The catchment area includes Kinmylies, Muirtown, Leachkin a ...

, Inverness, Scotland

Music

* "Charleston" (1923 song) * "Charleston", a song by

Brendan James Brendan James (born July 17, 1979) is an American, piano-based singer-songwriter from Derry, New Hampshire. James spent his early music career playing at New York City open mics before he signed to Capitol Records in 2005. At Capitol he spent ...

Charleston (Den Harrow song) "Charleston" is a song by Italian singer Den Harrow, released in 1986 as the fourth single from his 1985 debut studio album ''Overpower''. The song was written by Tom Hooker, and produced by Roberto Turatti and Michele Chieregato. It peaked at No ...

* "Charleston", a song by

Sons of Bill A son is a male offspring; a boy or a man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter. From a biological perspective, a son constitutes a first degree relative. Social issues In pre-industrial societies and some current ...

* "Charleston", a track on the 1979 Mike Oldfield album ''

Platinum Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanish , a diminutive of "silver". Pla ...

Other uses

Charleston (name) Charleston is a given name and a surname. Given name *Charleston Rambo, American gridiron football player *Charleston Hughes (born 1983), American gridiron football player Surname *Allan Charleston (1934 – 2015), Australian water polo player *A ...

* ''Charleston'' (novel),by John Jakes, 2002 * ''Charleston'', a 1981 novel by

Alexandra Ripley Alexandra Ripley ( Braid; January 8, 1934 – January 10, 2004) was an American writer best known as the author of '' Scarlett'' (1991), written as a sequel to '' Gone with the Wind''. Her first novel was ''Who's the Lady in the President's Bed ...

* ''Charleston'' (1974 film), Italy * ''Charleston'' (1977 film), Italy *

Charleston Open The Credit One Charleston Open, formerly known as the Volvo Car Open and the Family Circle Cup, is a WTA Tour-affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. It is the oldest professional all-women's tournament in ...

, a tennis tournament, Charleston, South Carolina * Charleston, a procedure in mahjong * Charleston, a model of the

Citroën 2CV The Citroën 2CV (french: link=no, deux chevaux(-vapeur), , lit. "two steam horse(power)s", meaning "two ''taxable'' horsepower") is an air-cooled front-engine, front-wheel-drive, economy family car, introduced at the 1948 Paris Mondial d ...

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