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Spring_Gully,_South_Carolina Latitude and Longitude:

33°23′15″N 79°24′34″W / 33.38750°N 79.40944°W / 33.38750; -79.40944
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Spring Gully is an unincorporated community in Williamsburg County, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. [1]

History

The community descriptively was named for the fact that a spring flowed in a nearby gully. [2]

Notable person

Chubby Checker, a rock and roll singer, was born in Spring Gully in 1941. [3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spring Gully, South Carolina
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Palmetto Place Names. WPA. p. 142. ISBN  978-0-87152-191-0. Named for a spring that formed the gully.
  3. ^ Benjamin Franklin V (May 30, 2016). An Encyclopedia of South Carolina Jazz and Blues Musicians. University of South Carolina Press. p. 147. ISBN  978-1-61117-622-3.

33°23′15″N 79°24′34″W / 33.38750°N 79.40944°W / 33.38750; -79.40944