Spring_Gully,_South_Carolina

Spring Gully, South Carolina

Spring Gully, South Carolina

Unincorporated community in South Carolina, U.S.

Spring Gully is an unincorporated community in Georgetown County, in the U.S. state of South Carolina.[1]

Spring Gully sits on U.S. Route 521. It is also approximately 2 miles east of Alternate U.S. Route 17, which leads Spring Gully to cities like Moncks Corner and Summerville.

History

The community descriptively was named for the fact that a spring flowed in a nearby gully.[2]

Notable person

Chubby Checker, a rock and roll singer, was born in Spring Gully in 1941.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spring Gully, South Carolina
  2. [2]
    Federal Writers' Project (1941). Palmetto Place Names. WPA. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-87152-191-0. Named for a spring that formed the gully.
  3. [3]
    Benjamin Franklin V (May 30, 2016). An Encyclopedia of South Carolina Jazz and Blues Musicians. University of South Carolina Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-61117-622-3.

33°23′15″N 79°24′34″W


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