Beaufort County · Marker 07-23

Mitchelville Site

Beach City Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 7-333), NE of its intersection with Dillon Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 7-334)

Front inscription

In 1862, after Hilton Head's fall to Union forces in 1861, this town, planned for the area's former slaves and named for General Ormsby M. Mitchel, began.

County
Beaufort
Region
Lowcountry
City or vicinity
Hilton Head Island
Year approved
1995
Erected by
Town of Hilton Head Island and Chicora Foundation, Inc.
Coordinates
32.234733, -80.691783

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