List of historical societies in South Carolina

The following is a list of historical societies in the state of South Carolina, United States.

Organizations

Archive building of the Orangeburg County Historical Society in Orangeburg, South Carolina (photo 2015)

1892 newspaper item about forming a "county historical society" in Sumter County, South Carolina

• Abbeville County Historical Society ^[2]
• Afro-American Historical Society (in Orangeburg) ^[3]
• Aiken County Historical Society ^[3]
• Allendale County Historical Society ^[2]
• Historical Society of Bamberg ^[2]
• Beaufort County Historical Society ^[2]
• Beech Island Historical Society
• Berkeley County Historical Society ^[2]
• Blackville Area Historical Society ^[2]
• Blythewood Historical Society ^[2]
• Historic Charleston Foundation ^[4]
• Preservation Society of Charleston
• Chester County Historical Society ^{[4] [2]}
• Historical Society of Chesterfield County ^[2]
• Clarendon County Historical Society ^[2]
• Colleton County Historical and Preservation Society ^[2]
• Historic Columbia ^{[4] [2]}
• Daniel Island Historical Society ^[2]
• Darlington County Historical Society ^{[5] [2]}
• Dillon County Historical Society ^[2]
• Dorchester County Historical Society ^[2]
• Dutch Fork Historical Society ^[2]
• Edgefield County Historical Society ^{[6] [3]}
• Fairfield County Historical Society ^[2]
• Florence County Historical Society ^[2]
• Fork Shoals Historical Society ^[2]
• Georgetown County Historical Society ^[2]
• Gray Court-Owings Historical Society ^[2]
• Greenville County Historical Society ^[2]
• Greenwood County Historical Society ^{[3] [2]}
• Hampton County Historical Society ^[2]
• Horry County Historical Society ^[2]
• Horse Creek Historical Society ^[2]
• Jasper County Historical Society ^[2]
• Kershaw County Historical Society ^[2]
• Town of Kershaw Historical Society ^[2]
• Lancaster County Historical Society ^[3]
• Lee County Historical Society ^[2]
• Lexington County Historical Society ^[2]
• Lincolnville Preservation and Historical Society ^[2]
• Loris Historical Society ^[2]
• Lynches Lake Historical Society ^[2]
• Marlborough Historical Society (in Bennettsville) ^[2]
• Newberry County Historical and Museum Society ^[2]
• Ninety Six Historical Society ^[2]
• Orangeburg County Historical Society ^[2]
• Parris Island Historical and Museum Society ^[2]
• Pickens County Historical Society ^[2]
• Piedmont Historical Society ^{[3] [2]}
• Reidville Historical Society ^[2]
• Saluda County Historical Society ^[2]
• Simpsonville Historical Society ^[2]
• South Carolina Historical Society
• South Carolina Historical Association ^[2]
• Spartanburg County Historical Association ^[2]
• Sumter County Historical Society ^[2]
• Surfside Beach Historical Society ^[2]
• Travelers Rest Historical Society ^[2]
• Union County Historical Society ^[2]
• Williamsburgh Historical Society (in Kingstree) ^[2]
• York County Genealogical and Historical Society ^[2]
• Yorkville Historical Society ^[2]

See also

• History of South Carolina
• List of museums in South Carolina
• National Register of Historic Places listings in South Carolina
• List of historical societies in the United States

References

1. "County Historical Society", The Watchman and Southron, Sumter, S.C., April 20, 1892 – via Library of Congress' Chronicling America
2. South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, "Directory of South Carolina's Local History, Historic Preservation, and Cultural Organizations" (PDF), scdah.sc.gov, S.C. Department of Archives and History, retrieved June 30, 2025
3. Social Networks and Archival Context, United States: SNAC Cooperative , retrieved June 30, 2025
4. "Institutions", scmemory.org, South Carolina Digital Library, retrieved June 30, 2025
5. American Association for State and Local History (1944), "South Carolina", Historical societies in the United States and Canada: a handbook, Washington, D.C, p. 173+ – via HathiTrust
6. "Nonprofit Explorer", propublica.org, New York: ProPublica , retrieved June 30, 2025

Further reading

• Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin (1907), "South Carolina", Bibliography of American Historical Societies (2nd ed.), Washington DC: Government Printing Office, p. 900+ – via HathiTrust
• American Association for State and Local History (2002), Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.), AltaMira Press – via Internet Archive

External links

• Confederation of South Carolina Local Historical Societies
• Digital Public Library of America. Assorted items related to historical societies in South Carolina
• Library of Congress, South Carolina: Local History & Genealogy Resource Guide, Research Guides, Washington DC