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About Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site

Strawberry Chapel is a parochial chapel of ease in the lower part of St. John's, Berkeley Parish in Berkeley County, South Carolina that was built in 1725.
From Wikipedia, "Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site", CC BY-SA 4.0.

This is a site record: what public sources say about Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.

Map

Where Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site is

USGS topographic map around Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site — USGS topographic map, The National Map (public domain). The pin marks the coordinates in the record; old townsites are often a little off.

Historic maps

6 historic USGS maps cover Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site

Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.

1919 Cordesville sheet, 1:48,000 · GeoTIFF download
1949 Georgetown sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
1950 Kittredge sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
1967 Georgetown sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
1974 Georgetown sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
1986 Georgetown sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download

Directions

Getting there

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Before you go

Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.

Nearby

Other sites near Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site

Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our South Carolina index.

Dorchester16.9 mi SW · Dorchester
Clementia26.8 mi SW · Charleston
Ferguson30.8 mi NW · Orangeburg

Sources

Wikipedia, "Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site": coordinates and summary.
Wikidata Q598194.
USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).