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History · Ashwood

1 of Ashwood’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium. Most of Ashwood was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: maps from 1957 on.

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0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Ashwood’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ashwood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Ashwood, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ashwood yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Ashwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, South Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census which showed a population of 116. The CDP is in southwestern Lee County, 5 miles (8 km) along U.S. Route 15, 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Bishopville, the county seat, and 13 miles (21 km) north of Sumter. The CDP is bordered to the northeast by Scape Ore Swamp and to the southwest by its tributary McGrits Creek and Ashwood Lake. The community is part of the Black River watershed, flowing to Winyah Bay at Georgetown. The Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium is a 1930s-era building listed on the National Register of Hi…

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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On the map

Ashwood on the map, 1957 to 1988

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ashwood. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Ashwood on the 1957 USGS mapAshwood on the 1988 USGS map1957Ashwood sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ashwood.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Ashwood

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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historic buildings protected
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first listed
2011
Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium
Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Colonial Revival1
Ashwood School Gymnasium and AuditoriumColonial Revival

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Ashwood SchoolschoolMeredithlocale

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Ashwood’s history

What is on the National Register in Ashwood?

One place: the Ashwood School Gymnasium and Auditorium (listed 2011).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.