Originally called Spark Hill, the location would later be called Greenhill. It was one of several African American communities in the Greater Mount Pleasant area. Freedman Hardy Green bought 30 acres in the area in 1870. Children from the neighboring Old Village community would walk to the town to attend the Laing School. The community was sustained by farming.
Now, the area is a residential community.
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Greenhill Community
In 1870, freedman Hardy Green purchased 30 acres of land along Mathis Ferry Road. The area was called Spark Hill, but was later named Greenhill by the Moultrie School District. Children walked several miles to Laing School, then in the Old Village of Mount Pleasant. Greenhill received electricity in 1942, paved roads in 1951, and was annexed into Mount Pleasant in 1983.
Greenhill Farming
Farming was the major source of income in Greenhill. People, produce and livestock were carried aboard boats from a dock behind Somerset Point to the Charleston City Market. In the 1920s and ‘30s, mules and wagons transported goods to a ferry at Shem Creek. The LOOP Bus became a major source of transportation in the 1940s. Greenhill continues to thrive as a residential community.
Location
32° 48’ 52.128” N, 79° 52’ 6.900” W
932–940 Mathis Ferry Rd, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464, United States
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