You’ll find South Carolina’s most fascinating ghost towns include Colonial Dorchester, abandoned in 1775 after Puritan settlers established this Ashley River trading center in 1696. Ellenton disappeared when the government seized it in 1950 for nuclear facilities, displacing 6,000 residents. Andersonville succumbed to devastating floods before Lake Hartwell submerged it entirely. Glenn Springs transformed from a Cherokee medicinal site to a luxury resort before economic decline claimed it. Each location reveals compelling stories of prosperity, tragedy, and abandonment that shaped the state’s forgotten communities.
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