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A little history of Kershaw Kershaw is located at 34°32′50″N 80°34′58″W / 34.54722°N 80.58278°W / 34.54722; -80.58278 (34.547245, -80.582843) The town of Kershaw sits in both Kershaw and Lancaster counties, with
a larger portion of the business section being in Lancaster. The area developed soon after Southern Railroad established a
station in 1887 when it was known in its earliest days as Welsh’s Station. In 1888, Captain Welsh led
the movement to apply for a charter to incorporate a new town which would be named Kershaw, in honor of Major Gen.
J.B. Kershaw, a much admired South Carolinian in the post-Civil War years. The Haile Gold Mine, where gold was discovered in 1825 is three miles from town
and was at one time the largest single producer of gold in the Appalachian region. Hospitals/medical
centers: - Springs
Memorial Hospital (about 17 miles; Lancaster, SC)
- Kershaw
County Medical Center (about 19 miles; Camden, SC)
- Fairfield
Memorial Hospital (about 31 miles; Winnsboro, SC)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students:
- York Technical College
(about 37 miles; Rock Hill, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,221)
- Benedict
College (about 42 miles; Columbia, SC; FT enrollment: 2,880)
- Midlands
Technical College (about 45 miles; Columbia, SC; FT enrollment: 5,958)
- University of South Carolina at Columbia (about 46 miles; Columbia, SC; FT enrollment: 19,682)
- Winthrop University (about 46 miles; Rock Hill,
SC; FT enrollment: 4,976)
- Florence Darlington
Technical College (about 51 miles; Florence, SC; FT enrollment: 2,619)
- Central Piedmont Community College (about 51 miles; Charlotte, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
Public elementary/middle
schools:
- North Central High School (Location: 3000 Lockhart Rd)
- Kershaw Elementary School (Location: 108 N Rollings Dr)
- Mt Pisgah Elementary School(Location: 5160 MT. Pisgah Rd)
- North Central Middle
School (Location: Keys Ln)
- Andrew
Jackson Middle School(Location: 6865 Kershaw-Camden Hwy)
- Andrew Jackson High School(Location: 6925 Kershaw-Camden Hwy)
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