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Charleston (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 46 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.7667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 079 55 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -79.9167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in SE S Carolina on Atlantic Ocean; resisted British from 1776 but was occupied 1780-1782; center of wealth and culture in South; led resistance to Union culminating in secession proclamation (1860); Civil War started here; was besieged 1863-1865. |
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| Charleston (preferred,C,V)
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| Charles City and Port (H,V)
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| Charles Towne (H,V)
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............ | named for Charles II |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as first English colony in S Carolina in 1670, moved across Ashley river to present location in 1680 |
| city (C) |
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incorporated as Charles City & Port in 1722 & reincorporated as Charleston in 1783 |
| county seat (C) |
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| seaport (C) |
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major port on Atlantic, ships coal, cotton & cotton goods, petroleum products, phosphates, fertilizer, indigo & tobacco |
| industrial center (C) |
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for oil refining & metallurgical works |
| mill center (C) |
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for paper & pulp |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for cigars, clothing, asbestos materials & rubber products |
| trade center (C) |
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17th & 18th cen. for rice & indigo, competition led to costly rivalries with neighboring states |
| military center (C) |
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for US naval base (1901) expanded in WW I & WW II & Charleston Air Force Base (1941) & formerly for Forts Sumter & Moultrie |
| commercial center (C) |
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notably for first US fire insurance company, founded in 1736 |
| power production center (C) |
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for Santee-Cooper hydroelectric project (1942) |
| educational center (C) |
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for College of Charleston (1770), The Citadel, Medical University of S Carolina & for Baptist & Trident Technical colleges |
| tourist center (C) |
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for Fort Sumpter National Monument (site of 1st Civil War hostilities), Battery's war monuments & historic homes & gardens |
| cultural center (C) |
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for Charleston Library Society, Charleston Museum, Carolina Art Association, State Historical Society & for famous gardens |
| capital (H) |
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of state until 1790, was seat of provincial congress in 1775 that created state |
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