Simpsonville Library

Historical marker location:

102 Academy Street, Simpsonville, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Academy Street (County Highway 545) and East Curtis Street (State Highway 417), on the right when traveling north on Academy Street.)

Marker installed: 2014

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.