Sullivan’s Island

Sullivan's Island, historically known as O'Sullivan's Island, is a town and island in , United States, at the entrance to , with a population of 1,791 at the 2010 census, and 1,891 people in 2020.
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  • Type: Town with 1,890 residents
  • Description: town on the island of the same name in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Moultrieville”, “Sullivan’s Island, SC”, “Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina”, and “Sullivans Island”
  • Postal code: 29482

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Moultrie and U.S. Coast Guard Historic District.

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is a series of fortifications on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, built to protect the city of . The first fort, formerly named Fort Sullivan, built of palmetto logs, inspired the flag and nickname of , as "The Palmetto State".

Park
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is a national historic district located at Sullivan's Island, . The district encompasses three contributing buildings and one contributing structure on Sullivan's Island.

Fort
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is a historic artillery battery located at Sullivan's Island, . It was built in 1906–1909, and is one of a series of batteries stretching from to the eastern end of Sullivan's Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Pleasant and Sullivan’s Island Historic District.

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is a large town in the region of . The population of the town has exploded, making it a very popular bedroom community of the city of .

Neighborhood
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Sullivan's Island Historic District is a national historic district located at Sullivan's Island, . The district encompasses 36 contributing buildings on Sullivan's Island.

Sullivan’s Island

Latitude
32.7616° or 32° 45′ 42″ north
Longitude
-79.8365° or 79° 50′ 12″ west
Population
1,890
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
8742Q567+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158314968
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4597882
Wiki­data ID
Q1425473
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Sullivan’s Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سوليفان إس آيلاند”
  • Catalan: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Cebuano: “Sullivans Island”
  • Chechen: “Салливанс-Айленд”
  • Chinese: “Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina”
  • Chinese: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Chinese: “沙利文岛”
  • Chinese: “沙利文的岛”
  • Chinese: “沙利文的島”
  • Czech: “Sullivanův ostrov”
  • Dutch: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • French: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Galician: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • German: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Gilaki: “سالیوانز آیلند (نسايي کارؤلينا)”
  • Gilaki: “سالیوانز آیلند”
  • Haitian: “Sullivan’s Island, Kawolin disid”
  • Hebrew: “סאליבנס איילנד”
  • Hungarian: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Italian: “Isola di Sullivan”
  • Japanese: “サリバンズアイランド”
  • Japanese: “サリバン島”
  • Ladin: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Norwegian: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Persian: “سولیوانس آیلند، کارولینای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “سولیوانس آیلند”
  • Polish: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Portuguese: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Romanian: “Insula Sullivan”
  • Romanian: “Sullivan’s Island, Carolina de Sud”
  • Romanian: “Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina”
  • Romanian: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Russian: “Остров Салливана”
  • Russian: “Салливанс-Айленд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sullivans Island, South Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sullivans Island”
  • Slovenian: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Spanish: “Sullivan’s Island (Carolina del Sur)”
  • Spanish: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Swedish: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Tatar: “Салливанс-Айленд”
  • Turkish: “Sullivan’s Adası, Güney Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Салліванс-Айленд”
  • Urdu: “سولیوانز جزیرہ، جنوبی کیرولائنا”
  • Volapük: “Sullivan, South Carolina”
  • Volapük: “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sullivan’s Island”
  • Welsh: “Sullivan’s Island, De Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Sullivan’s Island”

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