North Augusta, South Carolina
North Augusta, South Carolina Downtown North Augusta Downtown North Augusta Official seal of North Augusta, South Carolina Location of North Augusta, South Carolina Location of North Augusta, South Carolina North Augusta is a town/city in Aiken and Edgefield counties in the U.S.
State of South Carolina, on the north bank of the Savannah River.
The populace was 21,348 at the 2010 census. The town/city is encompassed in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) and is part of the Augusta, Georgia urbane area.
North Augusta is positioned on the Fall Line along the Savannah River, athwart from Augusta, Georgia.
This town was abandoned when Augusta proved to be more prosperous and attractive to traders.
With the explosion of the cotton economy, this region became an meaningful market for the increasingly valuable produce of planters throughout upper Georgia and South Carolina.
In 1821 the town of Hamburg was established by the mechanical genius and entrepreneur Henry Shultz in direct commercial competition with Augusta.
The 1848 assembly of the Augusta Canal channeled produce from upriver away from Hamburg.
When a bridge linked the South Carolina Rail Road to Augusta allowing traffic to bypass the doomed town of Hamburg, white people began to move out of the town, being replaced by blacks after the Civil War.
Henry Shultz died in poverty and reportedly is buried upright on the bluff overlooking Hamburg with his back to Augusta.
Avoiding the commercial pretensions of its predecessors, North Augusta was established as a residentiary and resort town.
Jackson on a hill overlooking the town/city of Augusta.
At the time, the hotel was one of the biggest and most luxurious in the nation, and it served many of the travelers who visited Augusta in the early part of the century.
An interurban street car line was constructed through the town with a end at the Hampton Terrace, dubbed the Augusta Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation and later extended to Aiken.
North Augusta was originally chose as the site for Hollywood, and many speculate that it was only because of the hotel burning down that it was moved to California.
By the time the hotel burned down on New Year's Eve 1916, North Augusta was grow and remains a primary part of the Augusta urbane region today. North Augusta is home to many historic homes, including Rosemary Hall and Lookaway Hall.
On April 21 23, 2006, North Augusta jubilated its 100th anniversary.
North Augusta is also notable for close-by Murphy Village, a improve of about 2,500 Irish Travelers that was featured on a 2012 episode of the TLC show, "My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding." The Riverview Park Activities Center is positioned in North Augusta along the Savannah River.
The nation's top high school basketball prospects and college coaches gather in North Augusta each year for the tournaments.
North Augusta is positioned in Aiken County at 33 30 47 N 81 57 46 W (33.512935, -81.962640). A small part of the town/city extends north into Edgefield County.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 20.5 square miles (53.1 km2), of which 20.0 square miles (51.9 km2) is territory and 0.46 square miles (1.2 km2), or 2.25%, is water. North Augusta enhance schools include one high school, North Augusta High School.
North Augusta High School is in Aiken County and operates under the Aiken County School District.
Two middle schools, Paul Knox Middle School and North Augusta Middle School, and four elementary schools (Hammond Hill Elementary, Belvedere Elementary, North Augusta Elementary, and the newest, Mossy Creek Elementary), serve the community.
Some students attend private schools athwart the river, such as Augusta Preparatory Day School, Augusta Christian, Curtis Baptist and Westminster Schools of Augusta.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): North Augusta city, South Carolina".
"North Augusta episode of 'My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding' was most 'revelatory,' producer says".
City of North Augusta official website Municipalities and communities of Aiken County, South Carolina, United States Municipalities and communities of Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States
Categories:
Augusta, Georgia urbane region - Cities in Aiken County, South Carolina - Cities in Edgefield County, South Carolina - Cities in South Carolina - Irish-American culture in South Carolina - Irish Travellers - North Augusta, South Carolina
|