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Summerville, a great place to live and to work, has also become one of the most popular areas in South Carolina in which to relocate. The Summerville area has experienced a strong growth over the past few years. This growth makes sense because Summerville has all of the great things that you would expect in a larger city yet retains a rare small-town, close community feel.
Summerville is a mix of the new and the old. The town has made a commitment to maintaining its famed Southern charm and historic elegance. Summerville is a beautiful town.
Summerville has direct interstate access for quick travel to downtown Charleston and is located very close to the growing Goose Creek and Moncks Corner areas. Summerville includes a range of wide range of communities and is often considered a bedroom community for the City of Charleston.
Among the interesting attractions in the Summerville area is the only five diamond resort in South Carolina, The Woodlands. Summerville has an attractive downtown area that transports visitors back in time and is the centerpiece for the annual Flower Town Festival which takes place each Spring during the peak of the azalia blooming season.
Many say that Summerville has more azaleas per square mile than any other place in the world - and during springtime, that certainly seems to be the case.
Radiating out from Summerville you will find newer communities which now reach all the way up into the Knightsville area and out to the historic Highway 61 area where some of the most famous plantations in the Charleston area are still open to the public, including Drayton Hall, Magnolia Plantation, and Middleton Place Plantation.
Summerville is located within
Dorchester County
, one of the fastest-growing counties in the state - ranked seventh among South Carolina's 46 counties for its population growth. The county has grown from about 96,700 residents in 2000 to nearly 114,000 residents today. The population of the Summerville area is approximately 60,000.
Dorchester County School District 2 has become well-known in the area for its innovation and excellence and is one reason so many people move to the area. Another attraction is Summerville High School - the state's largest . John McKissick, known for being the "winningest coach in the history of high school football in the US", is the Summerville Green Waves head coach.
Some of the major communities within the Summerville area include Kings Grant, Westcott Plantation, the Bridges of Summerville, and Legend Oaks Plantation.
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