Summerville, South Carolina Summerville, South Carolina Town Summerville, South Carolina is positioned in South Carolina Summerville, South Carolina - Summerville, South Carolina Location of Summerville, South Carolina Coordinates: 33 0 29 N 80 10 58 WCoordinates: 33 0 29 N 80 10 58 W State South Carolina Counties Dorchester, Berkeley, Charleston Summerville is a town in the U.S.
State of South Carolina situated mostly in Dorchester County with small portions in Berkeley and Charleston counties.
The populace of Summerville at the 2010 census was 43,392, and the estimated populace was 44,719 as of July 1, 2013.
8 Town Clerk and Treasurer 9 Town Administrator The center of Summerville is in southeastern Dorchester County; the town extends northeast into Berkeley and Charleston counties.
It is bordered to the east by the town of Lincolnville and to the southeast by the town/city of North Charleston.
The Summerville town limits extend south as far as the Ashley River next to Old Fort Dorchester State Historical Park.
Route 78 passes near the center of Summerville, dominant southeast 24 miles (39 km) to downtown Charleston and northwest 29 miles (47 km) to Interstate 95 at St.
Interstate 26 leads through the northeast corner of Summerville with access from Exit 199, dominant southeast to Charleston and northwest 90 miles (140 km) to Columbia.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 18.1 square miles (47.0 km2), of which 18.0 square miles (46.7 km2) is territory and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2), or 0.62%, is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 43,392 citizens residing in 16,181 homeholds in the town.
The populace density of Summerville is 2,404.7 inhabitants per square mile.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 72.1% White, 21.4% Black or African American, 0.4% Native American, 1.5% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.6% from other competitions, and 2.9% from two or more competitions.
In the town, 27.0% of the populace was under the age of 18, and 10.5% was 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $54,677.
The town has an abundance of affordable homes and lower taxes than metros/cities such as Charleston and North Charleston, and has thus experienced rapid populace growth.
In 2007, it was designated a principal town/city of the Charleston North Charleston Summerville Metropolitan Travel Destination Summerville is also encompassed as part of the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized area.
Dorchester School District Two is the school precinct for Summerville and the wider area, and is based in the town.
Historic downtown Summerville The first settlement in Summerville began following the American Revolutionary War; it was referred to as Pineland Village in 1785.
Development in the region resulted from plantation owners who resided in the Charleston area, and who came to Summerville to escape cyclic insects and swamp fever. Summerville became an official town in 1847.
In that year, the town passed a law against cutting down trees of sizes, the first of such laws in the United States, and a $25 fine was issued upon any who did so without permission.
Today, the motto upon the town's official seal reads "Sacra Pinus Esto (The Pine is Sacred)." In 1899, the International Congress of Physicians (or "Tuberculosis Congress") listed Summerville to be one of the two best areas in the world for treatment and recovery of lung and throat disorders.
The Summerville postal service contains a mural, Train Time Summerville, painted by Bernadine Custer.
The Ashley River Road, Middleton Place, Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site, Old White Meeting House Ruins and Cemetery, and the Summerville Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Starting in 1973, the town of Summerville has hosted the annual Flowertown Festival.
It is the biggest arts and crafts festival in South Carolina.
It is held the first weekend of April in the Summerville Azalea Park.
In 1925, these flowers led Summerville's Chamber of Commerce to adopt the slogan "Flower Town in the Pines." Although Summerville claims to be "The Birthplace of Sweet Tea," this is actually false.
Climate data for Summerville, South Carolina (Airport), 1981 2010 normals (0.5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.3 Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.4 Town Clerk and Treasurer Rick Brewer, former administrator at Charleston Southern University in North Charleston, South Carolina, and current president of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana, former resident of Summerville a b "American Fact - Finder".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Summerville town, South Carolina".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
"Update of Travel Destination Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses (OMB Bulletin 08 - 01)" (PDF).
Historic Facts About Summerville & Dorchester County a b Summerville's Book of History "Climatological Normals of Charleston, South Carolina".
"LC board names South Carolina VP as ninth president".
The Alexandria Town Talk.
Town of Summerville official website Summerville D.R.E.A.M.
Summerville & Dorchester County's Official Tourism Site Azalea Magazine (Modern Living in the Old South, Summerville's magazine) Municipalities and communities of Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States Municipalities and communities of Charleston County, South Carolina, United States Municipalities and communities of Dorchester County, South Carolina, United States State of South Carolina
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