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Society Hill Catfish Festival
This delightful festival honors a true southern delicacy, Catfish! Join us for the parade, games, and entertainment, auto, truck and motorcycle show, and 5K run/walk (with prizes)
Society Hill, SC Other EventsByerly Park Recreation Complex
This 93-acre multi-use recreation complex features six soccer fields, four softball/baseball fields, a one-fourth-mile eight-lane track and field facility, picnic area, concessions (during special events/tournaments) and two playgrounds. Future plans call for the addition of four youth softball/
Hartsville, SC ParkTrinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Church (c. 1834) was the first Episcopal Church in Darlington County and is the oldest original church building of any denomination still standing in the county. Though closed in 1929 for regular services, an April service is usually held the third Sunday at 4
Darlington, SC ChurchesDarlington Christmas Parade
A hometown parade celebrating the holidays begins at 3 p.m. followed by a Carolighting at 5
Darlington, SC Other AttractionsEdmund H. Deas House
Edmund H. Deas (Duke of Darlington) served as chairman of the Darlington County Republican Party in 1884 and 1888 and was a delegate to four national conventions from 1888-1908. An African-American candidate for Congress in 1884 and 1890, Deas was deputy collector of Internal Revenue in SC 1889-18
Darlington, SC Famous HomesSouth Carolina Cotton Trail
This driving tour highlights the cotton industry from farm to gin and everything in between. Real cotton fields line the roads as the trail goes from I-20 (Bishopville) through Hartsville, Society Hill, Cheraw, Bennettsville, Clio and on to I-95
Hartsville, SC Other AttractionsCoker Farms National Historic Landmark
Coker Experimental Farms and its parent company, Coker's Pedigreed Seed Company, founded in the early 1900s by David R. Coker, developed new, improved varieties of crop seeds. They also developed the first cotton breeding program in the US. Exhibits depicting the company'
Hartsville, SC Farms