Jacksonboro, South Carolina

Jacksonboro, South Carolina
Census-designated place
Street scene in Jacksonboro
Street scene in Jacksonboro
Jacksonboro is located in South Carolina
Jacksonboro
Jacksonboro
Location within South Carolina
Jacksonboro is located in the United States
Jacksonboro
Jacksonboro
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 32°45′23″N 80°29′26″W / 32.75639°N 80.49056°W / 32.75639; -80.49056[1]
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Carolina
CountyColleton
Area
[2]
 • Total
14.47 sq mi (37.47 km2)
 • Land14.47 sq mi (37.47 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[1]
13 ft (4.0 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
412
 • Density28.5/sq mi (10.99/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
29446
Area codes843 and 854
GNIS feature ID2629834[1]

Jacksonboro is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in southeastern Colleton County, South Carolina, United States, along the west side of the Edisto River. Jacksonboro serves as a primary junction along U.S. Highway 17 between Charleston 32 miles (51 km) to the east and Beaufort 41 miles (66 km) to the southwest. Walterboro, the Colleton County seat, is 16 miles (26 km) to the northwest via South Carolina Highway 64. The population of Jacksonboro was 478 as of the 2010 census.[4]

Jacksonboro was founded in the 1730s, and named after John Jackson, the original owner of the town site.[5] The South Carolina General Assembly convened in the town, then known as "Jacksonborough," between January 8 and February 26, 1782 as British forces occupied Charleston following the Siege of Charleston.[6][7] The Pon Pon Chapel was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[8]

History

In 1663, Charles II granted eight proprietorships to eight Lords, including the county namesake, Sir John Colleton.[9] Following a period of English, French and American emigration to the area between the late 1600's and 1720, enslaved people outnumbered the settlers (numbering 1,240) by more than 500 people, at 1,778.[10]

Settlers first selected a location along the Chehaw river, but fled the area after the Yemassee War, a bloody conflict between settlers and surrounding indigenous populations.[11] Settlers moved down the Edisto towards the cost, settling about 20 miles from the river's mouth - a location from which it is thought they would be able to more quickly seek refuge in the event of another attack.[12]

Members of the Edisto Natchez-Kusso tribe, whom settlers would have encountered, referred to that final stretch of the river and the area surrounding it as "Pon Pon."[12] However, settlers quickly renamed the town "Jacksonborough."[13] John Jackson, the namesake, received 400 acres along the Edisto in a 1701 land grant.[14]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020412—
U.S. Decennial Census[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jacksonboro, South Carolina
  2. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Jacksonboro town, South Carolina". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved July 2, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 136.
  6. ↑ Lynn Hughes, Laura; Colleton County Historical Society (February 20, 1982). "Colleton County Historical Society" (PDF). Colleton County Historical Society. Archived from the original on July 17, 2026. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Charleston's Victory Day, Part 1 | Charleston County Public Library". www.ccpl.org. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
  8. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  9. ↑ Ellison, Virginia (March 6, 2023). "March, 1663: Charles II issues the Carolina Charter". South Carolina Historical Society. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
  10. ↑ "HISTORY: Colleton County – Statehouse Report". www.statehousereport.com. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Soil survey of Colleton County, South Carolina". www.govinfo.gov. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
  12. 1 2 rbehre@postandcourier.com, Hannah Alani and Robert Behre halani@postandcourier com (January 28, 2019). "Just outside Charleston, a Native American tribe seeks to preserve its identity". Post and Courier. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Jacksonboro, South Carolina". www.carolana.com. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Jacksonboro, South Carolina". www.carolana.com. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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