Carolina Ghost Towns
Carolina Ghost Towns
Tom Taylor
Childsbury
29 minutes Posted Mar 17, 2026 at 3:00 am.
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Childsbury was a settlement on the Cooper River, inland from Charleston.  It was one of the oldest planned towns in South Carolina, and Strawberry Chapel is one of the oldest extant buildings in the state.
Here are some of the resources I used for this episode:
A History of Childsbury
Wikipedia Entry
National Register of Historic Places
Childsbury Towne Heritage Preserve
James Child Archives
Child Family Muniments
Childsbury by Henry A. M. Smith
Some Forgotten Towns in Lower South Carolina
Friends of Strawberry
Strawberry Ferry
SC Picture Project