South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern United States and the easternmost of the Deep South. It is bordered to the north by North Carolina, to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the southwest by Georgia across the Savannah River. South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on May 23, 1788. South Carolina became the first state to vote in favor of secession from the Union on December 20, 1860. After the American Civil War, it was readmitted into the United States on June 25, 1868. South Carolina is the
North, South Carolina North, South Carolina North is a town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 754 at the 2010 census. In 1891 the SouthBound Railway Company came through the area with the assistance of John F. North. In 1892 John North, along with George W. Pou and Sampson A. Livingston, donated 100 acres for the railway depot and townsite. A US Post Office was established. The next year John North, a Confederate veteran and businessman, was elected the first mayor of his namesake town of North, South Carolina. North, South Carolina, has been noted for its unusual place