Georgetown is the third-oldest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina and the county seat of Georgetown County, in the Lowcountry. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 8,403, a decrease from the 2010 census of 9,163. Located on Winyah Bay at the confluence of the Black, Great Pee Dee, Waccamaw, and Sampit rivers, Georgetown is the second largest seaport in South Carolina, handling over 960,000 tons of materials a year, while Charleston is the largest.
Southeast
Georgetown
Charleston County, SC
Population
8,465
Walk Score
66 · Somewhat Walkable
Median rent
$801
Median home value
$161,800
Incorporated
1729
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Belle Isle Rice Mill Chimney · listed 1988
- Brookgreen Gardens · listed 1978
- Friendfield Plantation · listed 1996
- Georgetown Historic District · listed 1971
- Hobcaw Barony · listed 1994
- Keithfield Plantation · listed 1988
- Milldam Rice Mill and Rice Barn · listed 1988
- Pee Dee River Rice Planters Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 1988
Notable landmarks
- St. James Episcopal Church, Santee · listed 1970
- Annandale Plantation · listed 1973
- Arcadia Plantation · listed 1978
- Battery White · listed 1977
- Beneventum Plantation House · listed 1988
- Black River Plantation House · listed 1994
- Chicora Wood Plantation · listed 1973
- Fairfield Rice Mill Chimney · listed 1988
- Georgetown Lighthouse · listed 1974
- Hopsewee · listed 1971
- Mansfield Plantation · listed 1977
- Minim Island Shell Midden (38GE46) · listed 1982
- Nightingale Hall Rice Mill Chimney · listed 1988
- Old Market Building · listed 1969
- Prince George Winyah Church (Episcopal) and Cemetery · listed 1971
- Rainey, Joseph H., House · listed 1984
- Rural Hall Plantation House · listed 1988
- Weehaw Rice Mill Chimney · listed 1988
- Wicklow Hall Plantation · listed 1978
- Winyah Indigo School · listed 1988
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