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June 11, 1911, 16 students became the first graduating class as East Carolina. [11] In 1912, the Athletic League was formed. [12] The three sports played were basketball, tennis and cross-country walking. This was the beginning of the Athletic Department. A Constitution was written for the first Student Self-Government Association. [13]
Atlantic Coast Lumber Company was formed in 1899 when the potential value of the vast amounts of standing timber in the Pee Dee River watershed was discovered by a group of Northern lumbermen. Options were taken by the company on this timber and that of surrounding counties. A large sawmill was built west of the city of Georgetown and ...
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-314, "Middleton House, 15 Cannon Street, Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC", 3 photos, 4 data pages; Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-311, "John S. Pyatt House, 630 Highmarket Street, Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC", 7 photos, 5 data pages
Along the Pee Dee and Waccamaw Rivers, near Georgetown, South Carolina; also 1 Ave. of Live Oaks Coordinates 33°12′09″N 79°19′58″W / 33.20250°N 79.33278°W / 33.20250; -79
Georgetown County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 63,404. [1] Its county seat is Georgetown. [2] The county was founded in 1769. It is named for George III of the United Kingdom. [3]
South Carolina Highway 261 (SC 261) is a 116.960-mile (188.229 km) state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It travels between Yauhannah in Georgetown County to Kershaw County . Although the highway covers more east–west distance, it is signed north–south.
Its charter was amended in 1882 to strike "Narrow Gauge" from in its name, [3] and the line was renamed the Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad. In 1885, the S.C. General Assembly approved changing the name of the Georgetown and North Carolina to the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company. [4]
U.S. Route 701 (US 701) is an auxiliary route of US 1 in the U.S. states of South Carolina and North Carolina.The U.S. Highway runs 171.45 miles (275.92 km) from US 17 and US 17 Alternate in Georgetown, South Carolina north to US 301, North Carolina Highway 96 (NC 96), and Interstate 95 (I-95) near Four Oaks, North Carolina.