unincorporated community
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in
Williamsburg County
Williamsburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census its population was 31,026. The county seat and largest community is Kingstree. After a previous incarnation of Williamsburg County, the current ...
,
South Carolina
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,
United States
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. It was a station on the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
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(now
CSX Transportation
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) line which was built about 1912. Today it consists of a post office, fire station, and a country store, serving a large rural area which depends on
agriculture
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and
logging
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The community was named after the Nesmith family. The Gamble House was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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