Canadys is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Colleton County,
South Carolina
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, United States.
The community is located at the intersection of
U.S. Route 15 (US 15) and
South Carolina Highway 61 (SC 61), north-northeast of
Walterboro. Canadys had a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
from April 16, 1926, until January 11, 1992; it still has its own
ZIP code, 29433.
Coal-fired power plant
A coal-fired power plant, the Canadys Station Power Plant, was located near Canadys and operated by the
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, but was retired in 2013.
Railroad
The power plant was served by
Hampton and Branchville Railroad. With the loss of coal traffic formerly shipped to the power plant, the railroad is now largely dormant.
Notable people
*
Gerald C. Smoak (1930–2018), politician
References
Unincorporated communities in Colleton County, South Carolina
Unincorporated communities in South Carolina
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