South Carolina
"The Palmetto State"

Statehood Date:  May 23, 1788

State Motto:
"Prepared in mind and resources"
"While I Breathe I hope"

State Song: "Carolina"

State Population: 3,716,400
(three million, seven hundred sixteen thousand, four hundred)

Capital: Columbia ( also the largest city)

Highest Point: Sassafras Mountain
3,560 ft.

National Parks & State Parks:
Fort Sumter
Fort Moultrie
Middleton Place Gardens
Myrtle Beach

Products:
cotton
tobacco

Major Landmark:
Fort Sumter is located on Charleston Harbor.  It is
the scene of the place of the shot that started the Civil War.
This five-sided fort guarded the entrance to the
harbor against warships from April 1861 to February 1865.
 
 
 

State Flag: Adopted 1861

State Flower: Carolina  Jessamine

State Tree: Cabbage Palmetto

State Bird: Carolina Wren

State Capitol Building: