Daufuskie Island Historic District | |
 Haig Point Rear Range Light | |
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| Nearest city | Hilton Head, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 32°6′47″N 80°51′59″W / 32.11306°N 80.86639°W |
| Built | 1728 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003831 |
| Added to NRHP | June 2, 1982[1] |
Daufuskie Island, located between Hilton Head Island and Savannah, is the southernmost inhabited sea island in South Carolina. It is 5 miles (8 km) long by almost 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide – approximate surface area of 8 square miles (21 km2)[2] (5,000 acres). With over 3 miles (5 km) of beachfront, Daufuskie is surrounded by the waters of Calibogue Sound, the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. It was listed as a census-designated place in the 2020 census with a population of 557.[3]
Accessible only by ferry or barge, and with a full-time population of just over 400, Daufuskie Island contains environmental preserves, private communities, resorts, Gullah houses, diverse art galleries and history. The island was named a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places due to its Gullah and Civil War history.[4][5] The island is also the setting of Pat Conroy's memoir The Water Is Wide recounting Conroy's experiences teaching on Daufuskie in the late 1960s.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Beaufort County Library, SC -- About sea islands". February 2, 2007. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ "Buford CDP, South Carolina". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 23, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ^ Starr, Rebecca (1981). "Daufuskie Island Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 21, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
- ^ "Daufuskie Island Historic District, Beaufort County (Daufuskie Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2012.