Hamburg, South Carolina - Wikipedia
Hamburg is a ghost town in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. It was once a thriving upriver market located across the Savannah River from Augusta, Georgia in the Edgefield District. It was founded by Henry Shultz in 1821 who named it after his …
Hamburg History: Discover the history of Hamburg and Hamburg County SC
For a little over a century – from 1821 until 1929 – the now-extinct town of Hamburg occupied a portion of present-day North Augusta, located between the 5th Street Bridge and 13th Street Bridge. Though once home to a thriving inland port – the largest in South Carolina – Hamburg has now vanished almost completely.
The untold story of Hamburg, SC - WJBF
2021年2月22日 · For 108 years a town called Hamburg bordered the Savannah River, near Augusta. And back then, it was the prime of Edgefield County with steamboats and trains moving the all time favorite southern...
Hamburg - South Carolina Encyclopedia
2016年4月15日 · Founded in 1821 and located on the Savannah River in lower Edgefield District (now Aiken County), the town of Hamburg was one of South Carolina’s primary interior markets during much of the antebellum era.
“The Story of Hamburg: South Carolina’s Lost Town” Exhibit
Hamburg is a ghost town located in part of what is now North Augusta. In the 1800s, it was a thriving market town and home to the largest inland port in South Carolina. Its importance declined after the completion of the Augusta canal and the …
Hamburg, South Carolina - Wikiwand
Hamburg, South Carolina is a ghost town in Aiken County, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was once a thriving upriver market located across the Savannah River from Augusta, Georgia in the Edgefield District. It was founded by Henry Shultz in 1821 who named it after his home town in Germany of the same name.
Hamburg - The Historical Marker Database
2023年12月31日 · Hamburg, located in the surrounding area, was a thriving river port and trading center for cotton and tobacco. Founded in 1821 by Henry Shultz and incorporated on Dec. 19, 1827, Hamburg became the most important interior port in S.C. With changing times and fortunes, prosperous Hamburg declined.
Hamburg - The Historical Marker Database
2004年7月4日 · Situated between this point and the Savannah River, Hamburg was a thriving river port and trading center for cotton and tobacco. Founded in 1821 by Henry Schultz, incorporated December 19, 1827, Hamburg became the most important interior port in South Carolina. With changing times and fortunes, prosperous Hamburg declined. Only ruins remain.
Hamburg-Carrsville African American Heritage District - U.S.
Hamburg was a town located on the banks Savannah River on the South Carolina side across from Augusta Ga. After the Civil War, Hamburg became a majority African American Freedmen Town. In 1868, Hamburg received a new town Charter, and three newly elected African American State Representatives (John Gardner, Samuel Lee, and Prince Rivers) were ...
Hamburg - History and Social Justice
Opposite Augusta on the Savannah river, Hamburg was founded in the 1830s as a railroad terminus. It eventually became virtually all black before being subsumed by the town of North Augusta in the 1890s. An Aiken resident writes: Hamburg was also the site of a racial battle, in July 1876. Ben Tillman’s accounts of these events makes chilling ...