Charleston, South Carolina

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Charleston
Nickname : The Holy City, The Palmetto City, Chucktown
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Location of Charleston in South Carolina
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Basic data
Foundation : 1670
State : United States
State : South carolina
Counties : Charleston County
Berkeley County
Coordinates : 32 ° 47 ′  N , 79 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 32 ° 47 ′  N , 79 ° 56 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 134,385 (as of 2016)
761,155 (as of 2016)
Population density : 372.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 376.5 km 2  (approx. 145 mi 2 ) of
which 361.2 km 2  (approx. 139 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 4 m
Postcodes : 29401-29425
Area code : +1 843
FIPS : 45-13330
GNIS ID : 1221516
Website : www.charleston-sc.gov
Mayor : John Tecklenburg
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House front in Charleston (2006)

Charleston (originally Charles Town ) is a port city in the US state of South Carolina with a population of 120,209 (according to the last census in 2010, 2016 estimate: around 134,000). For a long time it was the metropolis of the southern states , the hub of the slave trade in the British colonies and the capital of South Carolina until 1788 . It is the administrative seat of Charleston County and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston .

geography

Charleston with the Charleston Harbor

Charleston was built on a peninsula at the confluence of the Ashley River and Cooper River . Both rivers form a wide confluence there that merges into the Atlantic in the southeast. This bay offered the ideal, protected location for a natural harbor, the Charleston Harbor .

Population development

year Residents¹
1980 69,779
1990 80.414
2000 100,459
2010 120.209
2016 134,385

¹ 1980–2010: census results; 2016: US Census Bureau estimate

history

The city was founded in 1670 and named after the English King Charles II. Charles Town . In 1690 it was the fifth largest city in North America with 1200 inhabitants and the hub of the slave trade of the British colonies via the Middle Passage . After the War of Independence , the city got its current name in 1783.

Charleston in ruins in the final year of the war, 1865

In 1776, Fort Moultrie, upstream from Charleston, on Sullivan's Island had resisted the British during the American Revolutionary War. 85 years later, the fighting of the American Civil War began with the shelling of Fort Sumter, located in Port Charleston, by Confederates on April 12, 1861 . On 17 February 1864, the hand-powered submarine sank CSSHL Hunley the warship USS Housatonic the northern states (five dead); it is considered the first submarine in the world to be destroyed by another ship. The order of the Hunley was to break the blockade of the port of Charleston by the northern states.

The city was largely destroyed in the Charleston earthquake of 1886 , but was rebuilt by its residents in the four years that followed. Today, like Natchez (Mississippi) , it is considered a North American architectural jewel, as many buildings in the Greek Revival style of the antebellum architecture of the 19th century have been preserved.

The Charleston dance, which became popular in the 1920s, is named after the city.

According to Forbes' 2009 List of Most Dangerous Cities in the United States, Charleston is one of the top ten most dangerous cities in the United States. The basis for this assessment was the statistic, according to which Charleston had a rate of 824 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in 2008. In an attack on June 17, 2015 in Charleston, an armed white man in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shot dead nine African Americans and injured nine others.

Historical objects

Educational institutions

Charleston is home to the College of Charleston and the Medical University of South Carolina , among others . The Citadel military college is also located there. Charleston Southern University is located in nearby North Charleston .

Attractions

  • Charleston Museum
  • Denmark Vesey House
  • Old Slave Mart Museum
  • Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
  • White Point Gardens (The Battery)
  • Waterfront park
  • Fort Sumter National Monument
  • Fort Moultrie
  • South Carolina Aquarium
  • American Military Museum

  • Historic houses

  • Huguenot Church

  • James Nicholson House

  • East Battery Street

  • Joseph Manigault House

  • German Lutheran Church

  • Lowndes Grove

  • Nathaniel Russell House

  • Robert William Roper House

  • Episcopal Church

  • William Robb House

  • 11 College Way

Town twinning

Charleston is the Italian city of Spoleto in Umbria through a twinning connected. There is also a city friendship with Speightstown , Barbados (Charleston was built on the model of Bridgetown ).

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities related to the city

1681-1900

1901-2000

Climate table

Charleston, South Carolina
Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: National Weather Service, US Dept of Commerce ; wetterkontor.de
Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Charleston, South Carolina
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 14.3 16.1 20.3 24.3 28.2 30.9 32.3 31.7 29.4 25.1 20.8 16.4 O 24.2
Min. Temperature (° C) 3.2 4.4 8.6 12.2 17.2 20.6 22.6 22.3 19.9 13.5 8.4 4.8 O 13.2
Precipitation ( mm ) 87.6 83.8 110.2 67.8 101.9 163.3 173.7 183.4 120.1 73.7 63.2 80.0 Σ 1,308.7
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 5.8 6.6 7.9 9.2 9.5 9.3 9.3 8.3 7.3 7.2 6.3 5.5 O 7.7
Rainy days ( d ) 8.3 7.3 8.0 5.7 7.4 9.4 10.5 11.1 7.5 4.7 5.4 7.2 Σ 92.5
Water temperature (° C) 11 11 14th 19th 23 27 29 29 27 22nd 17th 12 O 20.1
Humidity ( % ) 70 67 68 68 73 75 77 79 78 74 73 72 O 72.9
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Web links

Commons : Charleston, South Carolina  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Forbes List: Most Dangerous Cities in the United States
  2. ↑ National Historic Landmarks Program (Parish House of the Circular Congregational Church) ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tps.cr.nps.gov
  3. ↑ National Historic Landmarks Program (College of Charleston) ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tps.cr.nps.gov
  4. ↑ NRIS