South Carolina from A to Z

“S” is for States' Rights. The doctrine of states' rights is a recurring theme of South Carolina political thought.

“S” is for Stateberg. The name of this town, located in western Sumter County in the High Hills of Santee, reflects Stateberg's raison d'être.

“S” is for state symbols. As sovereign political entities, all fifty states have adopted special symbols, a practice that came into vogue at the turn of the last century.

“S” is for state seal. The great seal of South Carolina was first used on a document dated May 22, 1777.

“S” is for State parks. As of 2026, South Carolina's system of state parks consisted of forty-seven properties totaling more than 90,000 acres of land.

“C” is for Cunningham, Ann Pamela (1816-1875). Preservationist.

“C” is for Culp, Napoleon Brown (1929-2008). Musician. “Nappy Brown” was born in Charlotte but became identified as a South Carolina artist after settling in the Columbia area in the late 1960s.

“C” is for Crum, William Demosthenes (1859-1912). Physician, civic leader, political activist.

“C” is for Craven, Charles (1682-1754). Governor. Charles Craven had one of longest tenures of any proprietary-era governor, and despite political conflict and the outbreak of the Yamassee War in 1715, he was considered one of the most successful.

“C” is for Crafts, William (1787-1826). Legislator, writer, reformer.

“B “is for Burton, Edward Milby (1898-1977). Museum director, naturalist, historian.

“B” is for Burt, Armistead (1802-1883). Lawyer, congressman.

“B” is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham, Jr. (b 1942). Essayist, environmentalist, educator.

“B” is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham (1834-1897). Manufacturer, merchant, land developer.

“B” is for Burnettown (Aiken County; 2020 population 3,104). Burnettown is located in the Horse Creek Valley of Aiken County.

“S” is for state flag. South Carolina's blue Flag with its white crescent and palmetto tree is simple in design but profoundly symbolic of a long history.

“S” is for State Farmers Market. The State Farmers Market is a three-site system of state-sponsored facilities operated by the South Carolina State Department of Agriculture. M

“S” is for State Fair. The South Carolina State Fair, formerly the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina was established in 1869.

“S” is for State, the. The State newspaper was born in 1891 of a bitter political struggle between South Carolina's conservative political establishment and the agrarianism of Governor Benjamin “Pitchfork” Tillman.

“S” is for Stackhouse, Eunice Temple Ford (1885-1980). Educator, clubwoman.

“C” is for Cowpens, Battle of (January 17, 1781). The Battle of Cowpens was a turning point in the Revolutionary War.

“C” is for Council of Safety. In June 1775, prompted by rumors of British sponsored slave and Indian attacks and news of the hostilities between British and patriot forces at Lexington and Concord, the Provincial Congress of South Carolina created a powerful thirteen-member committee to act as the supreme executive power in the province...

“C” is for Corrington, Julian Dana (1887-1979). Biologist, educator.

“C” is for Cornbread. Cornbread has been the most common daily bread in South Carolina since its founding.

“C” is for Corcoran, James Andrew (1820-1899) Theologian, educator, editor.

“D” is for Duke's mayonnaise. Eugenia Duke mixed her first batch of mayonnaise in her Greenville home sometime in the early twentieth century.

“C” is for Clemson (Pickens County; 2020 population 17,780).

“C” is for Clark, Septima Poinsette (1898-1987). Educator, civil rights activist.

“C” is for Clarendon County (607 square miles; 2020 population 33,415).

“C” is for Claflin University. Responding to the urgent need to educate former enslaved persons, northern Methodists established Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina in 1869.

“S” is for South Carolina Commission on Government Restructuring. In March 1991 Governor Carroll Campbell appointed the thirty-eight member Commission on Government Restructuring to devise a blueprint for enhancing the powers of the state's weak chief executive.

“S” is for South Carolina Coastal Conservation League. Established in 1989, the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League has been a leading voice in the campaign to protect and preserve the coastal plain of the state.

“S” is for South Carolina Christian Action Council. The South Carolina Christian Action Council is a statewide ecumenical agency embracing many of the state's major Christian denominations.

“S” is for South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce is an association organized mainly to promote and lobby the interests of business.

“P” is for Port Royal Experiment. The Port Royal Experiment, also called the Sea Island Experiment, was an early humanitarian effort to prepare the former enslaved persons of the South Carolina Sea Islands for inclusion as free citizens in American public life.

“B” is for Bull, William, II (1710-1791). Lieutenant governor.

“B” is for Bull, William (1683-1755). Planter, lieutenant governor.

“B” is for Bryan, Hugh (1699-1753). Planter, evangelist.

“B” is for Brown Fellowship Society. The Brown Fellowship Society was established in 1790 by free persons of color in Charleston.

“S “is for Spillane, Frank Morrison (1918-2006). Author.

“S” is for Spencer, James Alexander (1850-1911). Legislator, educator.

“S” is for Spence, Floyd Davidson (1928-2001). Legislator, congressman.

“B” is for Bull, Stephen (died 1800). Soldier, legislator.

“B” is for Brown, William Melvin, Jr. (1934-1994). Manufacturer.