19 18 - Edgefield - Edgefield SC
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N 33° 47.339 W 081° 55.652
17S E 414131 N 3739145
Historical Marker of Edgefield, SC
Waymark Code: WMN2GX
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2014
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19 18
EDGEFIELD
Edgefield was founded in 1785 as the county seat and site of the new courthouse and jail for Edgefield County, created out of the old Ninety-Six District. Also called Edgefield Village or Edgefield Court House. It was described by Robert Mills as "a neat little village" in 1826 and was incorporated in 1830. Edgefield, with a reputation as a center of politics and law, gave the state many of its most prominent figures for more then 150 years.
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EDGEFIELD
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Ten governors and five lieutenant governors of S.C. from 1812 to 1951 were natives or residents of Edgefield or the county. Cotton was the major crop in the area for many years. Commercial grwoth and a few prosperity that followed the arrival of the railroad in 1888 and the opening of the Edgefield Cotton Mill in 1898 lasted until the mid-20th century. The Edgefield Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972
Erected by the Edgefield Communnity Development Assocation, 2011
Marker Name: Edgefield
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 19 18
County: Edgefield
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