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Map showing the major rivers of Charleston and the Charleston Harbor watershed. The incorporated city fit into 4–5 sq mi (10–13 km 2) as late as World War I, [53] [81] but has since greatly expanded, crossing the Ashley River and encompassing James Island and some of Johns Island.
The Charleston metropolitan area is an urban area centered around Charleston, South Carolina.The U.S. Office of Management and Budget designates the area as the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area used for statistical purposes only by the United States Census Bureau and other federal agencies.
The city of Charleston is the location of 105 of these properties and districts, including 34 of the National Historic Landmarks; they are listed here, while the other properties and districts in the remaining parts of the county are listed separately. Another property in Charleston was once listed but has been removed.
Philip's Episcopal Church, the first congregation in Charleston, whose current building dates to 1835, is also in the French Quarter. St. St. Philip's graveyard is the final resting place of Edward Rutledge , the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence , and U.S. Senator and Vice President John C. Calhoun , whose body was exhumed ...
Charleston County is located in the U.S. state of South Carolina along the Atlantic coast.As of the 2020 census, the population was 408,235, [1] making it the third-most populous county in South Carolina (behind Greenville and Richland counties).
Map of Charleston Harbor in 1682. Charleston Harbor was a major port of entry for slave ships transporting slaves from West Africa. Due to its status as a slave capital, “Scholars estimate that over forty percent of all enslaved Africans sent to North America entered through Charleston Harbor — making Charleston the largest North American point of disembarkation for the trans-Atlantic ...