Moncks Corner in Berkeley County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center: A County's Story
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1. Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center: A County's Story Marker
The Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center opened its doors in 1992. Built to resemble the Lowcountry architecture of the Colonial period, the museum structure includes details such as flooring taken from a 150-year-old Darlington railroad depot. Through its exhibits and artifacts, the museum relates the stories unique to the region's 12,000 years of human occupancy from the earliest American Indians to the modern era.
The Berkeley County stories can be found in the exhibits on the Revolutionary War, featuring the silk brocaded vest through to belong to General Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox."
The "Pushing Back the Darkness" exhibit tells the story of the creation of Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, as well as the electrification of the area in the 1930s. NASCAR fans will be entertained by the exhibit on Tony Lund, a local NASCAR driver from Cross, who won the 1963 Daytona 500.
Also on the site of the museum is the Whitesville schoolhouse. It is believed to have been built between 1880 and 1900 and was probably one of the first in the area. It was moved from Gilliard Road about seven miles away to its current
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 33° 11.608′ N, 79° 58.357′ W. Marker is in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, in Berkeley County. It is on Stoney Landing Road 0.8 miles east of Rembert C Dennis Boulevard (Bypass Highway 52), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 950 Stoney Landing Rd, Moncks Corner SC 29461, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry and in Santee Cooper Country. 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
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2. Berkeley County Museum
Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 24, 2022. This page has been viewed 450 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 24, 2022. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
