Moncks Corner dates to 1728, and 3 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 68% of U.S. towns · #43 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it
Its Register listings are the Lewisfield Plantation, the Biggin Church Ruins and the Gippy Plantation. Most of Moncks Corner was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2007. Below: 18 old photos and papers, maps from 1920 on, and the census since 1890.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1838.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Moncks Corner’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Moncks Corner is more historic than 68% of U.S. towns, #43 of 169 in South Carolina. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Moncks Corner’s overall grade.
South Carolina towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical South Carolina town has 3.2 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Moncks Corner’s 3.9 sits near the middle of its state (53% of South Carolina towns have fewer) while its 6 historic buildings outnumber those of 72% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1728.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A. The pre-1940 share (±2.3 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Moncks Corner’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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.
The area in which Moncks Corner lies was historically occupied by the Edisto people, a sub-tribe of the Cusabo. Descendants of the Edisto form part of the Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians, a community located between Moncks Corner and Summerville. The 1,500-member tribe was recognized by the state as an Indian tribe in 2009.
During the colonial era, Moncks Corner became a major settlement area of French Protestant Huguenots, who came to South Carolina between 1684 and 1688 as refugees due to religious persecution in France. Many family surnames in Berkeley and adjacent counties are of French origin. The Huguenots soon began to intermarry with the English colonists.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Moncks Corner. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1920Summerville 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 Moncks Corner.
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.
Retake this viewStreet view Monck's Corner South Carolina 1904, 1904
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Moncks Corner’s page.
In 1728, according to Wikidata. Moncks Corner’s post office opened in 1838, and the census of 1890 counted 118 people here.
How does Moncks Corner rank for history?
Moncks Corner is more historic than 68% of U.S. towns, #43 of 169 in South Carolina. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Moncks Corner?
Three places: the Lewisfield Plantation (listed 1973), the Biggin Church Ruins (1977) and the Gippy Plantation (2016).
How old are the homes in Moncks Corner?
3% of Moncks Corner’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.3 points), against a typical 3.5% for a South Carolina town; the median home was built in 2007.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (18), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
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