Beech Island

As home to the oldest inland settlement in the United States, Beech Island may be the most historical area of Aiken County. In 1730, the Royal Governor of South Carolina ordered eleven Townships to be laid out in South Carolina. One of these was Beech Island.

Researchers believe there are prehistoric, Indian, Colonial, and antebellum sites in the area. The population is made up of several nationalities including German, Scotch-Irish, English, African, and French.