Johns Island (S.C.
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Name (Latin)
Johns Island (S.C. : Island)
Coordinates
-80.0481 -80.0481 32.7025 32.7025 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Islands South Carolina
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Sea Islands
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q6268062
Library of congress:
sh 91004809
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: NUCMC data from South Carolina Hist. Soc. for Bryan family. Papers, 1851-1948(Johns Island)
- Lippincott.
- Rand McNally, 1985(Johns Island [island]; Johns Island [town])
Wikipedia description:
Johns Island is an island in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, and is the largest island in the state of South Carolina. Johns Island is bordered by the Wadmalaw, Seabrook, Kiawah, Edisto, Folly, and James islands; the Stono and Kiawah rivers separate Johns Island from its border islands. It is the fourth-largest island on the East Coast of the United States, surpassed only by Long Island, Mount Desert Island and Martha's Vineyard. Johns Island is 84 square miles (220 km2) in area, with a population of 21,500. Johns Island was named after Saint John Parish in Barbados by the first English colonial settlers on the island, who had come from there.
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