List of historical societies in South Carolina

The following is a list of historical societies in the state of South Carolina, United States.

Organizations

Archive building of the Orangeburg County Historical Society in Orangeburg, South Carolina (photo 2015)[1]
1892 newspaper item about forming a "county historical society" in Sumter County, South Carolina[1]
  • Abbeville County Historical Society[2]
  • Afro-American Historical Society (in Orangeburg)[3]
  • Aiken County Historical Society[3]
  • Allendale County Historical Society[2]
  • Historical Society of Bamberg[2]
  • Beaufort County Historical Society[2]
  • Beech Island Historical Society
  • Berkeley County Historical Society[2]
  • Blackville Area Historical Society[2]
  • Blythewood Historical Society[2]
  • Historic Charleston Foundation[4]
  • Preservation Society of Charleston
  • Chester County Historical Society[4][2]
  • Historical Society of Chesterfield County[2]
  • Clarendon County Historical Society[2]
  • Colleton County Historical and Preservation Society[2]
  • Historic Columbia[4][2]
  • Daniel Island Historical Society[2]
  • Darlington County Historical Society[5][2]
  • Dillon County Historical Society[2]
  • Dorchester County Historical Society[2]
  • Dutch Fork Historical Society[2]
  • Edgefield County Historical Society[6][3]
  • Fairfield County Historical Society[2]
  • Florence County Historical Society[2]
  • Fork Shoals Historical Society[2]
  • Georgetown County Historical Society[2]
  • Gray Court-Owings Historical Society[2]
  • Greenville County Historical Society[2]
  • Greenwood County Historical Society[3][2]
  • Hampton County Historical Society[2]
  • Horry County Historical Society[2]
  • Horse Creek Historical Society[2]
  • Jasper County Historical Society[2]
  • Kershaw County Historical Society[2]
  • Town of Kershaw Historical Society[2]
  • Lancaster County Historical Society[3]
  • Lee County Historical Society[2]
  • Lexington County Historical Society[2]
  • Lincolnville Preservation and Historical Society[2]
  • Loris Historical Society[2]
  • Lynches Lake Historical Society[2]
  • Marlborough Historical Society (in Bennettsville)[2]
  • Newberry County Historical and Museum Society[2]
  • Ninety Six Historical Society[2]
  • Orangeburg County Historical Society[2]
  • Parris Island Historical and Museum Society[2]
  • Pickens County Historical Society[2]
  • Piedmont Historical Society[3][2]
  • Reidville Historical Society[2]
  • Saluda County Historical Society[2]
  • Simpsonville Historical Society[2]
  • South Carolina Historical Society
  • South Carolina Historical Association[2]
  • Spartanburg County Historical Association[2]
  • Sumter County Historical Society[2]
  • Surfside Beach Historical Society[2]
  • Travelers Rest Historical Society[2]
  • Union County Historical Society[2]
  • Williamsburgh Historical Society (in Kingstree)[2]
  • York County Genealogical and Historical Society[2]
  • Yorkville Historical Society[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "County Historical Society", The Watchman and Southron, Sumter, S.C., April 20, 1892 – via Library of Congress' Chronicling America
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, "Directory of South Carolina's Local History, Historic Preservation, and Cultural Organizations" (PDF), scdah.sc.gov, S.C. Department of Archives and History, retrieved June 30, 2025
  3. ^ a b c d e f Social Networks and Archival Context, United States: SNAC Cooperative, retrieved June 30, 2025
  4. ^ a b c "Institutions", scmemory.org, South Carolina Digital Library, retrieved June 30, 2025
  5. ^ American Association for State and Local History (1944), "South Carolina", Historical societies in the United States and Canada: a handbook, Washington, D.C, p. 173+ – via HathiTrust{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ "Nonprofit Explorer", propublica.org, New York: ProPublica, retrieved June 30, 2025

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