South Carolina State Info From America's Home Place

The state of South Carolina is bordered by Georgia and North Carolina.  It was one of the 12 colonies that declared independence from the Birtish Crown during the American Revolution. According to an estimate by the United States Census Bureau, the sate’s population in 2009 was 4,561,242 and ranked 24th among the U.S.  This state contains 46 counties and its capital is Columbia.

Facts About South Carolina:

• Campbell's Covered Bridge built in 1909, is the only remaining covered bridge in South Carolina. Off Hwy 14 near Gowensville. 
  
• The salamander was given the honor of official state amphibian. 
• The walls of the American fort on Sullivan Island, in Charleston Harbor, were made of spongy Palmetto logs. This was helpful in protecting the fort because the British cannonballs bounced off the logs. 
  
• The City of Myrtle Beach is in the center of the Grand Strand, a 60-mile crescent of beach on the South Carolina coast. In the last 25 years, Myrtle Beach has developed into the premier resort destination on the East Coast. 
   
• South Carolina entered the Union on May 23, 1788 and became the 8th state. 

  David Robert Coker (1870-1938) conducted his early crop-improvement experiments on the family plantation in Hartsville. Beginning with 30 experimental cotton selections and methodically applying the latest techniques in the scientific breeding of crops, the work of Coker Experimental Farms played a great role in the agricultural revolution in the South. 
  The state dance of South Carolina is the Shag!   The first battle of the Civil War took place at Fort Sumter.     South Carolina is the nation's leading peach producer and shipper east of the Mississippi River.    Before being known as the Palmetto State, South Carolina was known as, and had emblazoned on their license plates, the Iodine State. 
America’s Home Place has Building Centers in Anderson, Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, and Spartanburg. We are proud to be one of South Carolina’s finest custom home builders offering our customers new homes in a variety of styles including one-story, two-story, cabin style homes, vacation homes, and many other styles.

 
America’s Home Place professional and friendly staff is ready to help you plan, design, and build the quality custom home you have always dreamed of owning. We are currently building homes in Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, McCormick, Oconee, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Jasper, Williamsburg, Lexington, Richland, Newberry, Saluda, Fairfield, Kershaw, Orangeburg, Calhoun, Lancaster, Chester, Sumter, Florence, Darlington, Marion, Chesterfield, Horry, Georgetown, Claridon, Lee Marlboro, Cherokee, Laurens, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Union, and York Counties
 

  We feature over 100 free floor plans that can be viewed here on our website, in person at one of America’s Home Place Building Center in South Carolina or you can order a free floor plan book by filling out the free floor plan request form on our website.

 

  America’s Home Place is the nation’s #1 on-your-lot custom homebuilder. We build every new custom home one board at a time with the care of a small town craftsman. We are confident that we can exceed your expectations in service, quality and price; and we stand behind every new custom home we build with a written new home warranty. 

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