Sandy Run, South Carolina

Sandy Run is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, South Carolina, United States. Its elevation is 154 feet (47 m).[1] Sandy Run is best known for hosting the United States Marine Corps semi-annual Mud Run. Sandy Run is named after a local stream, Sandy Run, which flows through Sandy Run and neighboring communities, Gaston and Swansea which flows into the Congaree River. Those who live in Sandy Run have a Gaston or Swansea address.

The William Baker House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[2] William T. Sherman may have slept there in February 1865.[3]

Sandy Run is home of the USMC Mud Run, held annually.[4]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sandy Run, South Carolina
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ HOLLEMAN, JOEY. "Sherman slept there -- probably in a Calhoun County plantation home". The State. The State. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  4. ^ Rose, Martha. "Sandy Run holds Mud Run". The T and D. The T and D. Retrieved November 28, 2019.