Poinsett State Park

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Poinsett State Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Shanks Creek, flowing through Poinsett State Park near Wedgefield, South Carolina
Map showing the location of Poinsett State Park
Map showing the location of Poinsett State Park
Location within the state of South Carolina
LocationSumter County, South Carolina, United States
Nearest cityWedgefield, SC
Coordinates33°48′24″N 80°32′22″W / 33.80667°N 80.53944°W / 33.80667; -80.53944
Area1,010 acres (4.1 km2)
Established1934
Visitors48,256 [1] (in fy 2006-2007)
Governing bodySouth Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/662.aspx

Poinsett State Park is located in

Atlantic coastal plain. In Poinsett State Park one can see mountain laurels draped with Spanish moss.[2][3] The park, which has been called "weird and beautiful",[2] is named after amateur botanist and South Carolina native Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first American ambassador to Mexico and popularizer of the poinsettia.[2][4] There is a $3 charge for admission to Poinsett State Park and there are small fees for overnight camping and cabin rentals. The park is surrounded by the Manchester State Forest
, and both provide access to the Palmetto Trail, linked hiking and mountain bike trails, and Manchester State Forest offers equestrian trails.

History

Located on the

Santee, Wateree and Catawba, primarily for hunting.[5] The non-Siouan Congaree
lived nearby and may have also frequented the area.

Before the American Revolution, the land was owned by a man named Levi, who built a dam to impound water for rice cultivation. Levi's Mill Pond was later used to power a mill. Remnants of the mill are still present, and the pond, improved by the Civilian Conservation Corps, is now known as Old Levi Mill Pond.[6] In 1813 and 1814 the land was deeded to two members of the Singleton family, who owned many plantations in Sumter County.[7] The best remembered Singleton today, Angelica Singleton Van Buren, was First Lady of the United States.

Sumter County donated 1,000 acres (4 km2) for the park, which opened to the public in 1936. Many buildings still in use at the park were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps from locally quarried coquina rock.

desegregate the parks, and it wasn't until 1966 that all its facilities were reopened.[7] The park's historical elements were listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2016.

Fauna and flora

Surveys have found 337 species of flowering plants within the park, including 65 species of trees and shrubs.

Morella cerifera), American holly (Ilex opaca), sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), baldcypress (Taxodium distichum), swamp gum (Nyssa biflora), water tupelo (N. aquatica), and red maple (Acer rubrum).[10][11]

Many species of animals can be found in the park, including copperhead snakes (

Protonotaria citrea).[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Office of Research and Statistics. "State Parks Visitation (Fiscal Year 2006-07)". South Carolina Statistical Abstract. South Carolina Budget and Control Board. Archived from the original on November 10, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Poinsett is Weird and Beautiful". The Rock Hill Herald. April 24, 1972. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
  3. ^ "South Carolina's Poinsett State Park" (PDF). State Parks. southcarolinaparks.com. November 21, 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
  4. ISBN 978-1-57003-278-3
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  5. ISBN 978-0-7385-1773-5
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  6. ISBN 978-0-89732-969-9
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  7. ^ a b c "Poinsett: A Touch of the Mountains". The Sumter Daily Item. October 15, 1969.
  8. JSTOR 27570624
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  9. ^ "Story Map Journal".
  10. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7627-1139-0
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  11. ^ a b Introduction to the Environment (2008, 2009) and Composition and Literature (2008) students at the University of South Carolina at Sumter in cooperation with Poinsett State Park (June 18, 2009). "Habitats, Plants and Animals of Poinsett State Park" (PDF). South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism. Retrieved February 16, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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