Lowcountry · SC
Summerville
The Flower Town in the Pines, upriver on the Ashley.
- Population
- 50,915 (2020 census)
- Incorporated
- December 17, 1847
- Town seal
- “The Pine is Sacred”
- Tides
- Two highs, two lows a day
Then
- 1785
Charleston planters build summer homes at Pineland Village to escape insects and swamp fever.
- 1847
Summerville incorporates and passes a law against cutting trees without permission, with a $25 fine, said to be the first such law in the country.
- 1925
The Chamber of Commerce adopts the slogan “Flower Town in the Pines.”
Now
Summerville claims to be the birthplace of sweet tea. Its southern edge reaches the Ashley River beside Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site, and Middleton Place is downriver.
On the water
From NOAA's predictions for Bacon Bridge, SC over the next 365 days. Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
- Pattern
- Two highs and two lows a day, close in size
- Typical daily range
- 2.2 ft
- Biggest swing
- 2.7 ft on Oct 27
- Smallest swing
- 1.6 ft on Mar 30
- Highest high
- 2.7 ft, Oct 1 at 12:16 PM
- Lowest low
- −0.2 ft, Jan 23 at 5:42 AM