SCSouth Carolina
Nobody has planted a flag here. It has been available since the map opened.
Claim it for
$15
The place
One of the original 13 · ratified 1788 · Confederate in the Civil War · Eastern time
South Carolina was the first state to secede and did not wait for anyone to join it, and that self-assurance runs through the place. Charleston is one of the best preserved cities in the country, built on rice and enslaved labour, and the state has been reckoning with that unevenly. The Gullah Geechee culture of the Sea Islands is a direct African inheritance that survived because the islands were isolated. Go for Charleston, but take the time for the barrier islands and the barbecue, which here comes with mustard.
The first state to secede, in December 1860, and it did not wait for anyone else.
Eat
Shrimp and grits
Drink
Westbrook Brewing
Listen
Hootie & the Blowfish
Bird
Carolina wren
Flower
Yellow jessamine
Tree
Sabal palmetto
Grows
Peaches, Cotton, Soybeans
National parks
- Congaree
The actual state · 2025
- Population
- 5,570,274
- Land area
- 30,064 mi²
- GDP per head
- $68,009
- Median household
- $72,507
- Joined
- One of the original 13
- Civil War
- Confederate
Largest cities
- 1Charleston158K
- 2Columbia145K
- 3North Charleston126K
- 4Mount Pleasant96K
- 5Rock Hill76K
Race
- White68.3%
- Black24.4%
- Two or more4.0%
Hispanic or Latino8.5%
Counted across all races, so it overlaps the figures above.
No history yet
This one is still on the board. $15 and it is yours, and then it is somebody else's problem to take it back.