Rhems, South Carolina

Rhems, South Carolina
Unincorporated community
Rhems, South Carolina is located in South Carolina
Rhems, South Carolina
Rhems, South Carolina
Rhems, South Carolina is located in the United States
Rhems, South Carolina
Rhems, South Carolina
Coordinates: 33°35′35″N 79°26′28″W / 33.59306°N 79.44111°W / 33.59306; -79.44111
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Carolina
CountyWilliamsburg, Georgetown
Elevation
33 ft (10 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
29440
Area code(s)843, 854
GNIS feature ID1227971[1]

Rhems is an unincorporated community located on the boundary between Williamsburg County and Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States. It is centered around the intersection of County Line Road (SC 51), Rhems Road, and Browns Ferry Road (SC 41), not far from Black Mingo Creek, and just south of the historic Willtown site.[1][2]

History

Rhems was named for the Rhem family. Furnifold Rhem, Sr. (1820-1888) settled in this location in 1846 and acquired a large plantation. He founded F. Rhem Co., changing the name to F. Rhem & Sons Company in 1886 when he was joined by his two sons, Durward Dudley (1862-1922) and Furnifold, Jr. (1864-1918). The company grew and eventually included the production and sale of cotton, naval stores, turpentine, the Black River and Mingo Steamboat Co., Rhem Real Estate Co., Rhem Dock & Terminal Co., Rhem Timber and Land Co., and the Rhem Shingle Co.[3][4]

Geology

Rhems is the eponym of the Rhems Formation, a geologic formation of gray-black shale with seams of sand and mica, and fossils from the Paleogene period, located just to the east.[5][6]

Notable people

Charles Flint Rhem (January 24, 1901 - July 30, 1969), born in Rhems, South Carolina, was a professional baseball player and pitcher.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rhems". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ J. W. Nelson Chandler, "Willtown, Black Mingo: The Rise and Fall of and Early Village in the South Carolina Lowcountry" in The South Carolina Historical Magazine Vol. 105, No. 2 (April 2004) pp. 107-134
  3. ^ "F. Rhem and Sons Company Records". East Carolina University Libraries Collection Guides. East Carolina University. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Griffith, Nancy Snell. "Flint Rhem". Society for American Baseball Research. SABR. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  5. ^ Sloan, Earle. "Catalogue of mineral localities of South Carolina". South Carolina Geological Survey. Series 4 (2): 505.
  6. ^ "Perkins Bluff (Paleocene of the United States)". Fossilworks. Retrieved December 17, 2021.