Goose Creek, South Carolina Goose Creek, South Carolina Location of Goose Creek, South Carolina Location of Goose Creek, South Carolina Coordinates: 33 0 N 80 2 WCoordinates: 33 0 N 80 2 W State South Carolina Goose Creek is a town/city in Berkeley County in the U.S.
State of South Carolina.
The populace was 35,938 at the 2010 census. Most of the Naval Weapons Station Charleston is in Goose Creek.
Enumeration Bureau and other Federal agencies for statistical purposes, Goose Creek is encompassed inside the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville urbane region and the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area.
Goose Creek is positioned in southern Berkeley County at 33 0 N 80 2 W (32.9955, -80.0289). It is bordered to the east by the Cooper River and the Back River, to the southeast by an outer portion of the town/city of Charleston, to the southwest by the town/city of Hanahan and (farther to the west) the town/city of North Charleston in Charleston County, and to the west by the unincorporated improve of Ladson.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 40.8 square miles (105.8 km2), of which 40.1 square miles (103.8 km2) is territory and 0.77 square miles (2.0 km2), or 1.88%, is water. In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.6% under the age of 18, 18.2% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 15.4% from 45 to 64, and 4.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
Although the town/city of Goose Creek was established in 1961, its history dates back many centuries.
In early colonial times the term "Goose Creek men" was used for a group of colonists, mostly settled a several miles north of Charleston near a stream called Goose Creek, a tributary of the Cooper River.
The Goose Creek men became leaders of the early Indian trade, and by the 1690s many held meaningful offices in the colonial government.
At first the Goose Creek men dealt mainly in Indian slaves, while later the deerskin trade dominated.
Several colonial governors were Goose Creek men, such as James Moore and Robert Daniell. Portions of the Charleston, South Carolina urbane region (Charleston, North Charleston, Goose Creek, and Hanahan) are home to chapters of the United States military.
In addition, the Charleston Naval Shipyard repaired frigates, destroyers, cruisers, sub tenders, and submarines.
During this period, the Weapons Station was the Atlantic Fleet's loadout base for all nuclear ballistic missile submarines.
Two SSBN "Boomer" squadrons and a sub tender were homeported at the Weapons Station, while one SSN attack squadron, Submarine Squadron 4, and a sub tender were homeported at the Naval Base.
In 2010, the Air Force base (3,877 acres) and Naval Weapons Station (>17,000 acres) consolidated to form Joint Base Charleston.
Naval Weapons Station, Joint Base Charleston (>17,000 acres, 27 square miles), Goose Creek and Hanahan Naval Operations Support Center Charleston Marine Corps Reserve Center, Naval Weapons Station South Carolina Army National Guard The Goose Creek Police Department is homed at the Marguerite H.
Brown Municipal Center, along with the City Hall and Municipal Court, and is an active department inside the improve of Goose Creek.
The Goose Creek Police Department is a CALEA accredited agency and works to maintain a good relationship with the people using the improve policing method. In 2003, the Goose Creek Police Department conducted a drug raid of Stratford High School in Goose Creek. There are three high schools that serve the Goose Creek area.
Goose Creek High School and Stratford High School serve students inside Goose Creek, while Cane Bay High School is positioned outside Goose Creek town/city limits and serves students from both in and out of Goose Creek's town/city limits.
Goose Creek High School is the home of the Berkeley County School of the Arts (BCA) Program.
Goose Creek is the only school in the region which hosts this.
Stratford is technically the only high school of the three that actually resides in the town/city limits of Goose Creek.
Climate data for Goose Creek, South Carolina (Airport), 1981 2010 normals (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.4 a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Goose Creek city, South Carolina".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
About Goose Creek, City of Goose Creek.
Overview of the History of Goose Creek, City of Goose Creek.
"Climatological Normals of Charleston, South Carolina".
City of Goose Creek official website Municipalities and communities of Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States Municipalities and communities of Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
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