Congaree Creek is a stream in Lexington County, South Carolina that drains into the Congaree River. The name 'Congaree' comes from the Native American Congaree people who lived in the general area in the early contact eraMilling, Chapman J. Red Carolinians. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. 1940. The Battle of Congaree Creek on 15 February 1865 was named after this creek, and took place where Old State Road crossed the creek, where a series of earthworks were locatedKane, Sharyn, and Richard Keeton. Congaree Creek Archaeological Park: A Historic Opportunity. Southeast Archeological Center, National Park Service, and The River Alliance. 2007.. The area has been the subject of extensive archaeological and historic research for nearly a century, with many precontact and historic sites identified and examinedAnderson, David G. The Congaree Creek Locality: Archaeological Investigation of Native American Land Use in a Fall Line/Sandhills Setting in South Carolina. South Carolina Antiquities 52:25–73. 2020.. These investigations have been conducted at The CongareesMichie, James L. The Discovery of Old Fort Congaree. Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Research Manuscript Series 208. 1989., at the Manning Archeological SiteO’Steen, Lisa D., Natalie Adams, Leslie Raymer, David Leigh, Thomas Neumann, Linda Cummings, and Mary Spink. Data Recovery on Three Areas of the Manning Site (38LX50) Lexington County, South Carolina. New South Associates, Inc. New South Associates, Inc., Technical Report 955, Stone Mountain, Georgia. 2003. , the Taylor SiteMichie, James L. The Taylor Site: An Early Occupation in Central South Carolina. In The Paleoindian and Early Archaic Southeast, edited by David G. Anderson and Kenneth E. Sassaman, pp. 238–269. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 1996., and many more locations in the lower part of the drainage near the confluence of the creek with the Congaree River.
Crossings Interstate 77 Old State Road 12TH Street Railroad Charleston Highway Interstate 26 Railroad Main Street Pine Street Ramblin Road Old Orangeburg Road South Lake Drive
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