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Palmetto State (tree), Swamp State, Rice State, South Carolina was originally named in honor of France's Charles IX and then in honor of England's Charles I and Charles II.

South Carolina is located in the Southern Middle Atlantic Coast and is bordered by North Carolina on the north, Atlantic Ocean (east), and Georgia (west).

At 31,117 square mile, South Carolina is the 40th largest state. The highest elevation is Sassafras Mt., in Pickens County at 3,560 feet while the lowest elevation is the Atlantic Ocean at sea level.

The highest temperature recorded was 111° while the lowest temperature was -19°.

National Parks & Monuments include Congaree Swamp, Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter.