Cheraw, South Carolina, United States

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Cheraw, South Carolina, United States is a small town best known as the birthplace of legendary jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.

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instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
celebrates legacy of Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countrySubdivision Southeastern United States ⓘ
county Chesterfield County ⓘ
foundedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasAreaCode 843 ⓘ
854 ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent South Carolina Jazz Festival ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Cheraw High School ⓘ
Northeastern Technical College (Cheraw campus) ⓘ
hasFeature antebellum architecture ⓘ
historic downtown ⓘ
riverfront access to Great Pee Dee River ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Cheraw Downtown Historic District ⓘ
Cheraw Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricRole strategic town during American Civil War ⓘ
trading center on Great Pee Dee River ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Cheraw Lyceum Museum ⓘ
Old St. David’s Church ⓘ
St. David’s Episcopal Church ⓘ
hasNickname The Prettiest Town in Dixie ⓘ
hasPark Cheraw State Park ⓘ
hasPostalCode 29520 ⓘ
hasRecreation boating on Great Pee Dee River ⓘ
golf at Cheraw State Park ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Chesterfield County, South Carolina ⓘ
knownFor birthplace of Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
locatedEastOf Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ
locatedIn Chesterfield County, South Carolina ⓘ
Pee Dee region ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Florence, South Carolina ⓘ
locatedOn Great Pee Dee River ⓘ
linked to: Pee Dee River
locatedSouthOf Rockingham, North Carolina ⓘ
namedAfter Cheraw (Saura) Native American people ⓘ
near Sandhills region of South Carolina ⓘ
notablePerson Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
partOf Chesterfield County School District ⓘ
region Northern South Carolina ⓘ
state South Carolina ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Time Zone
transport South Carolina Highway 9 ⓘ
U.S. Route 1 ⓘ
U.S. Route 52 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Dizzy Gillespie → placeOfBirth → Cheraw, South Carolina, United States ⓘ
Pee Dee River → passesNear → Cheraw, South Carolina ⓘ
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Chesterfield County, South Carolina → largestCity → Cheraw, South Carolina ⓘ
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Chesterfield County, South Carolina → contains → Cheraw, South Carolina ⓘ
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Chesterfield County, South Carolina → hasHistoricTown → Cheraw, South Carolina ⓘ
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John Birks Gillespie → placeOfBirth → Cheraw, South Carolina, United States ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie → placeOfBirth → Cheraw, South Carolina, United States ⓘ
subject linked to: Dizzy
Pee Dee region of South Carolina → containsCity → Cheraw, South Carolina ⓘ
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U.S. Route 1 in South Carolina → connectsCity → Cheraw, South Carolina ⓘ
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U.S. Route 52 in South Carolina → passesThroughCity → Cheraw, South Carolina ⓘ
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Society Hill, South Carolina → nearbyCity → Cheraw, South Carolina ⓘ
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