Georgetown (City of South Carolina)

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) a city of South Carolina, the county-seat of Georgetown co. It is on the Georgetown and Western railroad and on Winyah Bay. It has an excellent harbor and is a seaport of considerable importance. It is the center of an important agricultural region. 85° A B 84° Coltewah N H S Chattanooga 35. Hayesville Wildwoodo Rossy Ille G Terjaga Flintstone ayles Young Harris New England 01 Epworth Ringgold Mineralbiaff gum Cinco Dodge M-IN Buren. Napoleon arnells Penton Adnir Higdone Store Presley Sta Morganton Blaireville Tunnel Hill DADE Rock Spr. 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ER Cutting Tarboro Ceylon 31 Racepond Barney Hahira Woodbitte Du Pont CAMDEN CA Cumberland CLINCH Newell CE Naylor Morven Stockton Mile Hybert Tompkiu LOWNDES Uptonville Tomlinson Beals Homeland Silco Kingsland Lyken Okefenokee Valdosta Mayday Adris Folkston Kinderlou. o Thelma Howell 空 。 CHARLTON Scotchville Haylow Dasher Colon St. Marys Ousley Ocean Pond EOHOLS Lake Park Traders Hill Swamp Traders R / Nankin Fargo 5 Olympia Melrose Fernandina Tarver Dayton Statenville Edith T Toledo St. Marys Yulee R. Ewing AMELIA I. cooche Suwanooch St. George Withlaco R D I A A Moniac Madison Jasper O Charlton Stokesville 090 Greenwich 09 O There are steamship connections with tween Georgia and South Carolina, the New York, Baltimore, and other cities. Its industries include machine shops, foundries, chemical factories, saw-mills, etc. It has an important export trade in rice, turpentine, and lumber. The notable public buildings include a public library, a post office, and a custom house. Pop. (1910) 5,530; (1920) 4,579.