Place:Society Hill, Darlington, South Carolina, United States

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NameSociety Hill
Alt namesGreenvillesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS45012876
Long Bluffsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS45012876
Sparks Ferrysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS45012876
TypeTown
Coordinates34.514°N 79.851°W
Located inDarlington, South Carolina, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Society Hill is a town in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States alongside the Pee Dee River. It is the oldest community in Darlington County and one of the first towns founded in South Carolina. The town was once the intellectual center of the Pee Dee region. However, the town's fortunes declined in the 19th century after rivers became less important as means of transportation. It is part of the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In the 2010 census, the population of Society Hill was 563, down from 700 in 2000 and 848 in 1980. Society Hill was originally settled in the 18th century by a colony of Baptists, who named the community after their "St. David's Society," the predecessor to the Society Hill Library Society.

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