Florence Depot (1852) / Wilmington & Manchester RR

Historical marker location:

Florence, South Carolina

( Marker is on Hoffmeyer Rd. close to W. Darlington Street Ext., on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2005

The state dance of South Carolina is the shag, a style of swing dancing that originated in the beach towns along the Grand Strand in the 1940s.