Goose Creek / City of Goose Creek

Historical marker location:

Goose Creek, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of St. James Avenue (U.S. 176) and Farm Road, on the right when traveling south on St. James Avenue.)

Marker installed: 2007

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, but it was also the last state to rejoin the Union after the Civil War. Reconstruction in the state was marked by violence and political turmoil.