Spring Gully, South Carolina

Spring Gully is an unincorporated community in Georgetown County, in the U.S. state of South Carolina.[1]

History

The community descriptively was named for the fact that a spring flowed in a nearby gully.[2]

Notable person

Chubby Checker, a rock and roll singer, was born in Spring Gully in 1941.[3]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spring Gully, South Carolina
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Palmetto Place Names. WPA. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-87152-191-0. Named for a spring that formed the gully.
  3. Benjamin Franklin V (30 May 2016). An Encyclopedia of South Carolina Jazz and Blues Musicians. University of South Carolina Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-61117-622-3.



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