Rockville, SC

Rockville is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, that was founded in 1784. The 2020 census counted 141 residents. Rockville is part of the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area. The Hanckel Mound, Horse Island, Rockville Historic District, and John Seabrook Plantation Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. That mix gives Rockville a clear local shape within South Carolina, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Rockville is located on Wadmalaw Island in southwestern Charleston County at the start of South Carolina Highway 700, on the north bank of tidal Bohicket Creek, an arm of the North Edisto River. To the south across Bohicket Creek is Seabrook Island. Rockville includes a historic district.