West Ashley in Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Maryville

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, February 16, 2009

1. Maryville Marker

Inscription. The town of Maryville, chartered in 1886, included the site of the original English settlement in S.C. and the plantation owned by the Lords Proprietors 1670-99. When the old plantation was subdivided into lots and sold to local blacks in the 1880s, they established a town named for educator and community leader Mary Mathews Just (d.1902). Though Maryville was widely seen as a model of black "self-government," the S.C. General Assembly revoked the town charter in 1936.

Erected 1999 by City of Charleston. (Marker Number 10-33.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Agriculture • Colonial Era • Education • Settlements & Settlers • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1886.

Location. 32° 47.706′ N, 79° 59.58′ W. Marker is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It is in West Ashley. It is at the intersection of Saint Andrews Boulevard and 5th Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Saint Andrews Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Charleston SC 29407, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mixed Results (approx. 0.7 miles away); Ship Shaping (approx. 0.7 miles away); Seized!

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(approx. 0.7 miles away); Harnessing the Wind (approx. 0.7 miles away); 300th Anniversary of the Settlement of Charles Towne (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Adventure, Trading Ketch (approx. 0.7 miles away); Stained Dirt?! (approx. 0.7 miles away); Hints of Slave Row (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charleston.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 19, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,017 times since then and 93 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on February 19, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.