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History · Eutawville

Eutawville’s post office opened in 1879, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the St. Julien Plantation. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1921 on, and the census since 1890.

1879first post office
1on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Eutawville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Eutawville began

When was Eutawville founded?

1879

The Eutawville post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 224 in 18902020 census: 235147 years
Founding year: the first Eutawville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Eutawville’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 615 in 1980; 235 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19213 editions of the USGS map, 1921 to 1979. Watch Eutawville change.
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Start Eutawville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eutawville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view"The Eutaw," William Henry Sinkler hous…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Eutawville, census by census

01002003004005006001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 615

Peaked at 615 in 1980; 235 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Eutawville’s Wikipedia page.

On the map

Eutawville on the map, 1921 to 1979

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

Eutawville on the 1921 USGS mapEutawville on the 1943 USGS mapEutawville on the 1979 USGS map1921Eutawville 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 Eutawville.

The story

How Eutawville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Eutawville.

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James Sinkler (died 1752) moved to America from Scotland in the early 1700s and settled near Bonneau, South Carolina. James Sinkler (1740–1800) and his wife Margaret Cantey moved to Upper St. John's Parish in 1785. William Sinkler (1787–1853), son of James and Margaret Cantey Sinkler and in turn his son, William Henry, owned Belvidere plantation in Eutawville.

Eutawville was the site of the Battle of Eutaw Springs in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. It was the last battle in the field in the southern states during the war.

Eutaw Springs Battleground Park, Numertia Plantation, and St. Julien Plantation are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Eutawville, 1879 to 1980

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Eutawville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1921On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1938In the archive"The Eutaw," William Henry Sinkler house, Eutawville vicinity, Berkeley County, South Car…
  6. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 615
By decade

Eutawville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s1 item
"The Eutaw," William Henry Sinkler house, Eutawville vicinity, Berkeley County, South Carolina. Drive to entrance1938"The Eutaw," William Henry Sinkler house, Eutawville …
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today17 recent
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Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

"The Eutaw," William Henry Sinkler house, Eutawville vicinity, Berkeley County, South Carolina. Drive to entrance
Retake this view"The Eutaw," William Henry Sinkler house, Eutawville vicinity, Berkeley County, South Carolina. Drive to entrance, 1938

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Eutawville’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Eutawville

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
8
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
St. Julien Plantation
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Victorian Vernacular1
All 1 listings
St. Julien PlantationBuilding · listed 1980

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Eutawville

Nobody well known was born in Eutawville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Chuck EidsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1980
Brett GardnerAmerican baseball player · b. 1983
Jonathan AmonAmerican soccer player · b. 1999
A. J. GreenAmerican football player · b. 1988
Carvin NkanataKenyan sprinter · b. 1991
Steven FurtickAmerican minister · b. 1980

Questions about Eutawville’s history

What year was Eutawville founded?

The Eutawville post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Eutawville?

One place: the St. Julien Plantation (listed 1980).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (18), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.