Santee Cooper Country is a tourism district in the south central area of the U.S. state of
South Carolina
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. It surrounds the Santee Cooper Lakes,
Lake Moultrie
Lake Moultrie is the third largest lake in South Carolina. Created in the 1940s by a state utility project to dam the Cooper River, it covers more than . It provides a wide variety of recreational opportunities, including fishing.
Location
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and
Lake Marion
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, which were formed from damming the
Santee River
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The Santee River is a river in South Carolina in the United States, and is long. The Santee and its tributaries provide the principal drainage for the coastal areas of southeastern South Carolina and navigation for the central coastal plain ...
and the
Cooper River.
This tourism district was created by the state legislature in 1962.
It was formed to help create and expand tourism, recreation and development in the five-county region of
Berkeley,
Calhoun,
Clarendon,
Orangeburg and
Sumter Sumter may refer to:
People Given name
* Sumter S. Arnim (1904–1990), American dentist
* Sumter de Leon Lowry Jr. (1893–1985), United States Army general
Surname
* Rowendy Sumter (born 1988), Curaçaoan footballer
* Shavonda E. Sumter ( ...
.
The area is the home of the
Santee National Wildlife Refuge and several state parks, and offers many outdoor recreation activities such as hiking, boating, fishing, birding, hunting, and golfing.
Cities and towns
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Elloree
Elloree is a town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 692 at the 2010 census.
History
Trinity Lutheran Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
Geography
Elloree is located at (3 ...
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Eutawville
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Moncks Corner
Moncks Corner is a town in and the county seat of Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 7,885 at the 2010 census. As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, Moncks Corner is included within the Charleston-North Charleston-S ...
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Santee
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Summerton
Summerton is a town in Clarendon County, South Carolina, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 814.
Geography
Summerton is in southwestern Clarendon County at (33.605145, -80.352159). Interstate 95 passes just south of the tow ...
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References
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Regions of South Carolina