Springville is a ghost town in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States. There was a post office in operation from 1826 until 1832. [1]
A ghost town is an abandoned village, town, or city, usually one that contains substantial visible remains. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, prolonged droughts, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, pollution, or nuclear disasters. The term can sometimes refer to cities, towns, and neighbourhoods that are still populated, but significantly less so than in past years; for example, those affected by high levels of unemployment and dereliction.
Darlington County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of 2016, its estimated population was 67,234. Its county seat is Darlington. Hartsville is the largest city in the county. Darlington County is home to the Darlington Raceway, which hosts the annual NASCAR Southern 500. Darlington County is also home to Coker College in Hartsville. Darlington County was named by an act in March 1785.
South Carolina is a state in the Southeastern United States and the easternmost of the Deep South. It is bordered to the north by North Carolina, to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the southwest by Georgia across the Savannah River.
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It is the location given in the National Register of Historic Places for six places (all registered on October 10, 1985):
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.
- Arthur Goodson House
- John L. Hart House (Springville, South Carolina)
- Evan J. Lide House
- John W. Lide House
- White Plains (Springville, South Carolina)
- Wilds Hall
Arthur Goodson House, also known as John M. Lide House, is a historic home located at Springville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in the 1850s, and is a 1 1/2 story, three bay, rectangular, central hall, weatherboard-clad, frame residence. The front façade features a full-width, hipped roof porch. Also on the property are two outbuildings, one weatherboard-clad, braced-frame building dating from the antebellum period and one tobacco barn constructed in the late-19th or early-20th century.
John L. Hart House, also known as Goodson House, is a historic home located at Springville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1856 and is a two-story rectangular frame house with a central block and telescoping wings. It is clad in weatherboard and features a hip-roofed, one-story porch across the front façade. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Hart was commissioned an officer in the Confederate Army and was killed in action.
Evan J. Lide House, also known as Meade House, is a historic home located at Springville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1839, and is a rectangular, two-story gable-roofed weatherboard-clad dwelling. It is set on a brick pier foundation and has a central hall plan. The front façade features a full-width, one-story, shed-roofed porch supported by square, solid pine posts.
