Old Dorchester

Old Dorchester is a South Carolina historical marker in Summerville, Dorchester County, dedicated 1963.

Dorchester County · dedicated 1963 · Off S.C. Hwy. 642 in Old Dorchester State Park, S of Summerville, Summerville

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Laid out in 1697 as a market town for the Congregationalist colony from Dorchester, Mass., the village contained 116 quarter-acre lots and a town square and commons. An Anglican church was built in 1720, a fair was established in 1723, and a Free School in 1734. Dorchester became a trade center and by 1781 had about 40 houses. The town gradually declined after the Revolution. By 1788 it was abandoned.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by S.C. State Commission of Forestry, Division of State Parks

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Old Dorchester270 ft

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