Wateree, South Carolina

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Wateree is an unincorporated community in Richland County, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. [1]

Richland County, South Carolina County in the United States

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History

A post office called Wateree was established in 1852, and remained in operation until 1963. [2] The community was named after the Wateree people. [3]

The Wateree were a Native American tribe in the interior of the present-day Carolinas. They probably belonged to the Siouan-Catawba language family. First encountered by the Spanish in 1567 in western North Carolina, they migrated to the southeast by 1700, where English colonists noted them. They had settled along the Wateree River near what has become present-day Camden, South Carolina. Originally a large tribe, they were diminished by the Yamasee War of 1715 and became extinct as a tribe by the end of the century.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wateree, South Carolina
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Swanton, John Reed (1952). The Indian Tribes of North America. US Government Printing Office. p. 102. ISBN   978-0-8063-1730-4.

Coordinates: 33°48′26″N80°38′14″W / 33.80722°N 80.63722°W / 33.80722; -80.63722

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