Charleston is the oldest and second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Population: 120,083
Latitude: 32° 46' 35.65" N
Longitude: -79° 55' 51.31" W
WTAT-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for South Carolina's Lowcountry that is licensed to Charleston. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 24 from a transmitter in unincorporated Charleston County near Woodville.
The Edisto River is one of the longest free-flowing blackwater rivers in North America, flowing over 250 meandering miles from its sources in Saluda and Edgefield counties, to its Atlantic Ocean mouth at Edisto Beach, South Carolina. It rises in two…
The Battle of Secessionville (or the First Battle of James Island) was fought on June 16, 1862, during the American Civil War.
Morris Island Light is a lighthouse on Morris Island in South Carolina. The light stands on the southern side of the entrance to Charleston Harbor, north of the City of Folly Beach.
Awendaw is a small fishing town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,294 at the 2010 census.
Waterfront Park is a twelve-acre (5 ha) park along approximately one-half mile of the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. The park received the 2007 Landmark Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects and the National Trust for …
The Charleston Museum is the oldest museum in the United States; it was founded in 1773 and opened to the public in 1824. The museum's present building was completed in 1980 at 360 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina.
Bishop England High School is a diocesan Roman Catholic four-year high school in Charleston, South Carolina. Until 1998, the school was located on Calhoun Street in downtown Charleston. It is now located on Daniel Island in the city of Charleston. W…
The Ashley River is a blackwater / tidal river in South Carolina, rising from the Wassamassaw and Great Cypress Swamps in western Berkeley County. It consolidates its main channel about five miles west of Summerville, widening into a tidal estuary j…
Ravenel is a town in Charleston County and Dorchester County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,214 at the 2000 census. As defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U.S.
The Naval Consolidated Brig (NAVCONBRIG CHASN), is a medium security U.S. military prison.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Most Reverend Robert E.
USS Patapsco (1862) was a Passaic-class ironclad monitor in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
The South Carolina Aquarium, located in Charleston, South Carolina, opened on May 19, 2000, on the historic Charleston Harbor. It is home to more than ten thousand plants and animals including North American river otters, loggerhead sea turtles, all…
The Second Battle of Fort Sumter was fought on September 8, 1863, in Charleston Harbor. Confederate General P. G. T.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States and comprises the entire state of South Carolina, with Charleston as its see city. Currently, the diocese c…
Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park is a stadium located in Charleston, South Carolina. The stadium is named after Charleston's longest serving (and current) mayor, Joseph P. Riley, Jr.. The stadium replaced College Park.