Welcome to Cheraw! Come experience one of South Carolina's oldest and most picturesque inland towns. Named for the Cheraw Indians, whose main town was nearby, Cheraw began as a small trading post at the head of navigation on the Great Pee Dee River. Joseph and Eli Kershaw were granted a part of what is now Cheraw in 1768, and shortly thereafter laid out the present wide streets and town green.
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great circle - Any circle on the surface of a sphere that lies on a plane through its center, or a circle that divides into two equal partsâas the Equator. quadrant - A quarter of a circle or sphere. rhumb line - A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction. diameter - From Greek, meaning measure through (a circle or sphere, etc.). Sphere