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

Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.

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
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Latitude

32.79872° or 32° 47′ 55″ north

Longitude

-79.86516° or 79° 51′ 55″ west

Elevation

26 feet (8 metres)

Open location code

8742Q4XM+FW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1460610722

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4595597

Wikidata ID

Q122541772

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