Shemwood
Shemwood is a neighborhood in Charleston County, South Carolina. Shemwood is situated nearby to the neighborhood Sea Island Crossing, as well as near Old Georgetown Crossing.- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: hamlet in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Shemwood, SC” and “Shemwood, South Carolina”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Pleasant Historic District and Patriots Point.
Mount Pleasant Historic District
Park
Photo: Ammodramus, CC0.
Mount Pleasant Historic District is a national historic district located at Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings in the town of Mount Pleasant.
Patriots Point
Museum
Photo: Clarinetguy097, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is a naval museum located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, at the mouth of the Cooper River on the Charleston Harbor, across from Charleston. Patriots Point is situated 2½ miles west of Shemwood.
Ben M Sawyer Memorial Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Federal Highway Administration, Public domain.
The Ben Sawyer Bridge is a swing bridge that connects the town of Mount Pleasant with Sullivan's Island in South Carolina. The bridge swings on its central axis to open for boat traffic which is too tall to clear the bridge, and has an operator's house in the center of the swing span from which a tender can operate the bridge. Ben M Sawyer Memorial Bridge is situated 2 miles southeast of Shemwood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Pleasant and Sullivan’s Island Historic District.
Mount Pleasant
Photo: WolfgangExler, CC BY 3.0.
Mount Pleasant is a large town in the Greater Charleston region of South Carolina. The population of the town has exploded, making it a very popular bedroom community of the city of Charleston.
Sullivan’s Island Historic District
Neighborhood
Sullivan's Island Historic District is a national historic district located at Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 36 contributing buildings on Sullivan's Island. Sullivan’s Island Historic District is situated 3 miles south of Shemwood.
Sullivan’s Island
Photo: Surfer43, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sullivan's Island, historically known as O'Sullivan's Island, is a town and island in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, with a population of 1,791 at the 2010 census, and 1,891 people in 2020.
Shemwood
- Categories: human settlement, hamlet, residential area, and locality
- Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.79872° or 32° 47′ 55″ northLongitude
-79.86516° or 79° 51′ 55″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
8742Q4XM+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1460610722OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4595597Wikidata ID
Q122541772
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