The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Burton's heyday was during the truck farming era in Beaufort County from 1900 to 1930. The "center" of Burton was where Broad River Boulevard crosses the abandoned Port Royal Railroad tracks and U.S. Route 21.
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Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Burton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Burton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Seacoast Packing Company in Beaufort, 2.8 miles away.
Burton and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Seacoast Packing Company’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Burton?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Burton’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.