Society Hill, SC

Society Hill is a town in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States alongside the Pee Dee River. Society Hill is the oldest community in Darlington County and one of the first towns founded in South Carolina. The town was once the intellectual center of the Pee Dee region. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Society Hill, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Society Hill, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. However, the town's fortunes declined in the 19th century after rivers became less important as means of transportation. Society Hill is part of the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area. Welsh settlers came to the Society Hill area from Pennsylvania and Delaware in 1736.