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'''Florence''' is a city in the [[Pee Dee Country]] Region of South Carolina.
'''Florence''' is a city in the [[Pee Dee Country]] Region of South Carolina. It was the site of the Florence Stockade, a Confederate POW camp, notably bad but still maybe not as bad as Andersonville, then a railroad hub, and nowadays a regional center for medical care and manufacturing, including as it sits at the terminus for I-20. Even though it got started rather late, in 1871, it's more or less the hub for northeastern South Carolina, aka Pee Dee Country.


==Get in==
==Get in==
===By plane===
Florence Regional Airport has nonstop service to Charlotte on American Airlines.


==Get around==
==Get around==
* {{listing

| name=PDRTA Florence Transit | alt= | url=https://pdrta.org/ | email=
| address=313 S Stadium Rd | lat= | long= | directions=
| phone=+1 843 665-2227 | tollfree=
| hours= | price=$1.50 for regular one-way fare
| wikidata=
| lastedit=2021-12-13
| content=Offers 7 fixed-route bus services in the city.
}}
==See==
==See==
[[File:Florence Public Library.jpg|thumb|Florence Public Library]]
*<see name="Florence Museum of Art, Science and History " alt="flomus@bellsouth.net" address="558 Spruce Street" directions="" phone="(843) 662-3351" url="" hours="10am-5pm" price="" lat="" long="">Antiques, Paintings, Civil War, South West American Indian exhibits and more. </see>
* {{see

| name=Florence County Museum | alt= | url=http://www.florencemuseum.org | email=
| address=111 West Cheves St. | lat=34.19563 | long=-79.76632 | directions=
| phone=+1 843 676-1200 | tollfree= | fax=
| hours=Tu-Sa 10AM-5PM, Su 2-5PM | price=
| content=Art and local history. Antiques, paintings, Civil War, South West American Indian exhibits and more.
}}
* {{see
| name=Florence Stockade Visitor Center | alt= | url=https://discoversouthcarolina.com/products/26656 | email=
| address=Stockade Dr | lat=34.1728158 | long=-79.7464833 | directions=
| phone=+1 843 669-8783 | tollfree=
| hours= | price=
| wikidata=
| wikipedia=Florence_Stockade
| lastedit=2021-12-13
| content=Between 1864 and 1865, about 16,000 Union soldiers were held captive here, in abysmal conditions that consummated in the deaths of about 2,800 of these men. The site is not as developed as Andersonville State Historic Park is in Georgia today, but it still offers opportunity for a reflective mood.
}}
* {{see
| name=Florence National Cemetery | alt= | url=https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/florence.asp | email=
| address=803 E National Cemetery Rd | lat=34.18197 | long=-79.75201 | directions=
| phone=+1 843 669-8783 | tollfree=
| hours=M-F 8AM-4:30PM | price=
| wikidata=
| wikipedia=Florence_National_Cemetery
| lastedit=2021-12-13
| content=Next to the stockade, this is where a lot of the POW camp casualties ended up.
}}
[[File:Florence National Cemetery.jpg|thumb|Florence National Cemetery]]
==Do==
==Do==


==Buy==
==Buy==
*{{buy
*<buy name="Magnolia Mall Shopping Center" alt="" address="2701 David McLeod Blvd." directions="" phone="(843) 669-0725" url="" hours="10am-9pm" price="" lat="" long="">Many well known stores inside such as Best Buy, Sunglass Hut, Express, JC Penney, Foot Locker, Barnes & Nobles, etc.</buy>
| name=Magnolia Mall Shopping Center | url= | email=
| address=2701 David McLeod Blvd. | lat= | long= | directions=
| phone = +1 843 669-0725 | tollfree= | fax=
| hours=10AM-9PM | price=
| content=Many well known stores inside such as Best Buy, Sunglass Hut, Express, JC Penney, Foot Locker, Barnes & Nobles, etc.
}}


==Eat==
==Eat==
*{{eat
*<eat name="Red Bone Alley Restaurant and Bar" alt="" address="1903 W. Palmetto Street" directions="" phone="(843) 673-0035" url="" hours="" price="$" lat="" long="">Southern food restaurant with weekly entertainment and reasonable prices.</eat>
| name=Red Bone Alley Restaurant and Bar | url= | email=
| address=1903 W. Palmetto Street | lat= | long= | directions=
| phone = +1 843 673-0035 | tollfree= | fax=
| hours= | price=
| content=Southern food restaurant with weekly entertainment and reasonable prices.
}}
* {{eat
| name=Quincy's Family SteakHouse | alt= | url=http://florencequincys.com/ | email=
| address=1924 W Lucas St | lat= | long= | directions=
| phone=+1 843 667-6996 | tollfree=
| hours= | price=$
| wikidata=
| lastedit=2021-12-13
| content=You can really chow down here at this American buffet.
}}
* {{eat
| name=Woodstone BBQ and Seafood | alt= | url=http://www.woodstonebbq.com/ | email=
| address=1247 S Irby St | lat= | long= | directions=
| phone=+1 843 629-1290 | tollfree=
| hours= | price=
| lastedit=2021-12-13
| content=BBQ and seafood buffet.
}}


==Drink==
==Drink==


==Sleep==
==Sleep==
*{{sleep
*<sleep name="Suburban Extended Stay Hotel" alt="" address="1914 West Lucas Street I-95 &amp; US 52 , Florence, SC, US, 29501" directions="" phone="(843) 665-2575" url="http://www.extendedstayflorence.com" checkin="3pm" checkout="12pm" price="" lat="" long="">Daily housekeeping services available. Offers free wireless high-speed Internet access. Located near Florence Civic Center.</sleep>
| name=Howard Johnson by Wyndham Florence | url=https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/hojo/florence-south-carolina/howard-johnson-inn-florence/overview | email=
| address=2038 W Lucas St | lat= | long= | directions=
| phone=+1 843 669-4241 | tollfree= | fax=
| hours= | price=$56 (Dec 2021)
| checkin=3PM | checkout=noon
| content=Pool and light breakfast.
}}
* {{sleep
| name=Abingdon Manor Inn & Restaurant | alt= | url=https://abingdonmanor.com/ | email=abingdon@bellsouth.net
| address=307 Church Street | lat= | long= | directions=
| phone=+1 843 752-5090 | tollfree=
| checkin= | checkout= | price=$210
| lastedit=2022-02-07
| content=Charming southern inn. Multi-course prix-fixe dinner served for $65. Rooms have a private bath, TV, and wifi.
}}


==Contact==
==Connect==


==Go next==
==Go next==
{{routebox
{{routebox
| image1=I-20.svg
| image1=Amtrak Palmetto icon.png
| imagesize1=22
| imagesize1=75
| image1a=Amtrak Silver Meteor icon.png
| directionl1=W
| imagesize1a=75
| majorl1=[[Columbia (South Carolina)|Columbia]]
| directionl1=N
| minorl1=Bishopville
| majorl1=[[Washington, D.C.]]
| directionr1=E
| minorl1='''[[Fayetteville (North Carolina)|Fayetteville]]'''
| majorr1=END
| directionr1=S
| minorr1=
| majorr1=[[Savannah]]
| minorr1=[[Charleston (South Carolina)|Charleston]]


| image2=I-95.svg
| image2=I-20.svg
| imagesize2=22
| imagesize2=22
| directionl2=S
| directionl2=W
| majorl2=[[Savannah]]
| majorl2=[[Augusta (Georgia)|Augusta]]
| minorl2=[[St. George (South Carolina)|St. George]] {{lfarrow}} Junction [[Orangeburg|W]] [[Image:I-26.svg|18px]] [[Charleston (South Carolina)|E]]
| minorl2='''[[Columbia (South Carolina)|Columbia]]''' ← Jct [[Laurinburg|N]] [[File:US 15.svg|18px]] [[Sumter|S]]
| directionr2=N
| directionr2=E
| majorr2=END
| majorr2=[[Fayetteville (North Carolina)|Fayetteville]]
| minorr2=[[Lumberton]]
| minorr2=


| image3=US 52.svg
| image3=I-95.svg
| imagesize3=22
| imagesize3=22
| directionl3=N
| directionl3=N
| majorl3=[[Winston-Salem]]
| majorl3=[[Fayetteville (North Carolina)|Fayetteville]]
| minorl3=[[Wadesboro]]
| minorl3=[[Lumberton]]
| directionr3=S
| directionr3=S
| majorr3=END
| majorr3=[[Savannah]]
| minorr3='''[[Charleston (South Carolina)|Charleston]]'''
| minorr3=[[St. George (South Carolina)|St. George]] → Jct [[Orangeburg|W]] [[File:I-26.svg|18px]] [[Charleston (South Carolina)|E]]

| image4=US 52.svg
| imagesize4=22
| directionl4=N
| majorl4=[[Winston-Salem]]
| minorl4=[[Wadesboro]]
| directionr4=S
| majorr4=END
| minorr4='''[[Charleston (South Carolina)|Charleston]]'''

| image5=US 76.svg
| imagesize5=22
| directionl5=W
| majorl5=[[Columbia (South Carolina)|Columbia]]
| minorl5=[[Sumter]]
| directionr5=E
| majorr5=Wrightsville Beach
| minorr5='''[[Wilmington (North Carolina)|Wilmington]]'''
}}
}}


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[[Wikipedia:Florence, South Carolina]]

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Latest revision as of 20:18, 7 February 2022

Florence is a city in the Pee Dee Country Region of South Carolina. It was the site of the Florence Stockade, a Confederate POW camp, notably bad but still maybe not as bad as Andersonville, then a railroad hub, and nowadays a regional center for medical care and manufacturing, including as it sits at the terminus for I-20. Even though it got started rather late, in 1871, it's more or less the hub for northeastern South Carolina, aka Pee Dee Country.

Get in

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By plane

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Florence Regional Airport has nonstop service to Charlotte on American Airlines.

Get around

[edit]

See

[edit]
Florence Public Library
  • 1 Florence County Museum, 111 West Cheves St., ☏ +1 843 676-1200. Tu-Sa 10AM-5PM, Su 2-5PM. Art and local history. Antiques, paintings, Civil War, South West American Indian exhibits and more. 
  • 2 Florence Stockade Visitor Center, Stockade Dr, ☏ +1 843 669-8783. Between 1864 and 1865, about 16,000 Union soldiers were held captive here, in abysmal conditions that consummated in the deaths of about 2,800 of these men. The site is not as developed as Andersonville State Historic Park is in Georgia today, but it still offers opportunity for a reflective mood. Florence_Stockade on Wikipedia (updated Dec 2021)
  • 3 Florence National Cemetery, 803 E National Cemetery Rd, ☏ +1 843 669-8783. M-F 8AM-4:30PM. Next to the stockade, this is where a lot of the POW camp casualties ended up. Florence_National_Cemetery on Wikipedia (updated Dec 2021)
Florence National Cemetery

Do

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Buy

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  • Magnolia Mall Shopping Center, 2701 David McLeod Blvd., ☏ +1 843 669-0725. 10AM-9PM. Many well known stores inside such as Best Buy, Sunglass Hut, Express, JC Penney, Foot Locker, Barnes & Nobles, etc. 

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Sleep

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Routes through Florence
Washington, D.C. ← Fayetteville ←  N  S  → Charleston → Savannah
Augusta ← Columbia ← Jct N S ←  W  E  → END
Fayetteville ← Lumberton ←  N  S  → St. George → Jct W E → Savannah
Winston-Salem ← Wadesboro ←  N  S  → Charleston → END
Columbia ← Sumter ←  W  E  → Wilmington → Wrightsville Beach



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