Edisto Island, South Carolina Edisto Island Edisto Island is positioned in South Carolina Edisto Island - Edisto Island Edisto Island is one of South Carolina's Sea Islands, the larger part of which lies in Charleston County, with its southern tip in Colleton County.
The town of Edisto Beach is in Colleton County, while the Charleston County part of the island is unincorporated.
The island, town, and Edisto River are titled after the historic Edistow citizens , a Native American sub-tribe of the Cusabo Indians, who inhabited the island as well as close-by mainland areas.
The historic Edisto citizens are known to have occupied the island as well as mainland areas and interchanged with the upcountry Catawba. The sub-tribe became extinct amid the colonial period.
The first tracts of land, called plantations, were granted on Edisto Island before 1700.
Cotton gradually became the principal crop, and after the American Revolution, Edisto Island planters became wealthy and famous from their manufacturing of long-staple Sea Island cotton.
Main article: Edisto Island amid the Civil War Edisto Island was largely abandoned by planters in November 1861 and in December 1861, escaped slaves began setting up their own refugee camps there.
In January 1862, armed blacks from the island and Confederate forces clashed and a Confederate raid in reprisal killed a small number of unarmed blacks.
In February, Union forces were stationed on the island to precarious it as a staging region for future campaigns against Charleston, twenty-five miles away, as well as to protect the colony, which would eventually number thousands of blacks.
Pineberry Battery was further up the Edisto River from the island, which was one likely path for a territory campaign against Charleston.
Near the end of the war, the island was again used as a locale of colonies of freed slaves. Since the twentieth century, the island has been redeveloped for use as a tourist destination and resorts, although some private plantations remain.
Coast Survey Line, Bailey's Store, Bleak Hall Plantation Outbuildings, Brick House Ruins, Brookland Plantation, Cassina Point, Crawford's Plantation House, Edisto Island Baptist Church, Edisto Island Presbyterian Church, Fig Island, Frogmore, Paul Grimball House Ruins, Hutchinson House, Middleton's Plantation, Oak Island, Old House Plantation, Peter's Point Plantation, Presbyterian Manse, Prospect Hill, William Seabrook House, Seaside School, Seaside Plantation House, Spanish Mount Point, Sunnyside, Hephzibah Jenkins Townsend's Tabby Oven Ruins, Trinity Episcopal Church, Wescott Road, and Windsor Plantation are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Edisto Island is positioned 42 miles (68 km) (about one hour by car) southwest of Charleston.
Edisto Island is home to Edisto Beach and Wyndham Oceanridge resort.
Edisto Island State Park is also positioned on the island.
Burnet Maybank III, owns the biggest private plantation on the island Edisto Island amid the Civil War Photos of Edisto Island Edisto Island Real Estate Market Municipalities and communities of Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
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Unincorporated communities in Charleston County, South Carolina - Landforms of Colleton County, South Carolina - Islands of South Carolina - Populated places in Colleton County, South Carolina - South Carolina Sea Islands - Populated coastal places in South Carolina
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