Carolina Ghost Towns
Carolina Ghost Towns
Tom Taylor
Totness, South Carolina
22 minutes Posted May 12, 2026 at 3:00 am.
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The town of Totness was a resort for the wealthy in Calhoun County.  It had no central business district or town layout, but it was chartered as a town in 1855. When Sherman's troops came through in 1864 the village was never rebuilt.
Most of the resources used in this episode are from newspapers.com and behind a paywall.  Here are the only two that might be publicly available:
Blog Post on RandomConnections
SC Picture Project