Gumville 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
Berkeley County,
South Carolina
South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...
, United States. It is located approximately 2 miles west of
Jamestown on
U.S. Route 17 Alternate. Gumville was made famous as the birthplace of
L. Mendel Rivers, the longtime
Representative of the
1st congressional district. When queried about where he was born by reporters, Rivers would reply "I'm from Gumville. It's near
Hell Hole Swamp. If you don't know where it is, look it up."
[Rivers, p. 15]
Gumville is part of the
Charleston–
North Charleston–
Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Gumville is located at (33.281111, -79.727778).
A road named Gumville Road runs from Gumville, at the intersection with US 17A, south for three miles to the junction with Calestown Road.
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Unincorporated communities in Berkeley County, South Carolina
Unincorporated communities in South Carolina
Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville metropolitan area