Nichols, SC

Nichols is a town in Marion County, South Carolina, United States. The 2020 census counted 234 residents. The town was founded around the same time as Marion and Mullins, which was sometime after 1854 and was initially known as Floydsville. This was due to the land being on Harman Floyd's land that was sold off as town lots after his death. Nichols has a public library, which is a branch of the Marion County Library System. Nichols's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider South Carolina setting. The local scoop is how Nichols's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Nichols includes the town suffered severe flooding from Hurricane Matthew from the nearby Lumber River.