Historic York

Historical marker location:

York, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of W. Liberty Street (State Highway 5) and S. Congress Street (U.S. 321), on the left when traveling west on W. Liberty Street.)

Marker installed: 1960

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.