Sheldon 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 ...

and

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(CDP) in Beaufort County,

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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 579. A rural area in character, Sheldon was primarily a common gathering area for various plantation owners and slaves prior to the

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. It is renowned for the Old Sheldon Church Ruins. Several hunt clubs and gated communities are located in the area. The Pocosobo Town was listed on the

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in 1994.

Geography

It is located at latitude 32.602 and longitude –80.793. Sheldon is located approximately halfway between Beaufort and Yemassee and just east of

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in the heart of the

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region. U.S. Routes 17 and 21 run through the center of the community in a wrong-way concurrency.

Demographics

2020 census

References

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