St. Helena Island

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St. Helena Island is a historic sea island in South Carolina known for its rich Gullah Geechee culture, African American heritage, and coastal landscapes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
St. Helena Island canonical 5
Saint Helena Island 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
sea island ⓘ
administrativeDivision Beaufort County ⓘ
contains Chapel of Ease ruins ⓘ
Dataw Island (connected by causeway) ⓘ
Fort Fremont ⓘ
Frogmore community ⓘ
Lands End community ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. Cottage at Penn Center ⓘ
Penn Center ⓘ
Penn School Historic District ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasCulturalGroup Gullah people ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
hasHeritageDesignation Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor site ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent Port Royal Experiment ⓘ
Reconstruction-era education of freedpeople ⓘ
hasLanguage Gullah language ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
historicRole center of African American land ownership in the Sea Islands ⓘ
site of early schools for formerly enslaved people ⓘ
knownFor African American heritage ⓘ
Gullah Geechee culture ⓘ
linked to: Gullah

Reconstruction-era history ⓘ
coastal landscapes ⓘ
historic churches ⓘ
praise house traditions ⓘ
rural character ⓘ
sea island cotton history ⓘ
landscapeFeature maritime forests ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
tidal creeks ⓘ
locatedIn Beaufort County, South Carolina ⓘ
Lowcountry, South Carolina ⓘ
Sea Islands ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
locatedNear Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Beaufort, South Carolina ⓘ
Port Royal Sound ⓘ
nearbyIsland Hilton Head Island ⓘ
Hunting Island ⓘ
Lady’s Island ⓘ
partOf Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor ⓘ
region American South ⓘ
religiousTradition praise house worship ⓘ
state South Carolina ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportConnection Sea Island Parkway (U.S. Route 21) ⓘ
linked to: Sea Island Parkway

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lowcountry of South Carolina → contains → St. Helena Island ⓘ
Port Royal Sound → hasMouthNear → St. Helena Island ⓘ
Port Royal Sound → adjacentTo → St. Helena Island ⓘ
Ladder Hill Road → locatedIn → Saint Helena Island ⓘ
linked to: St. Helena Island
Sea Islands → hasPart → St. Helena Island ⓘ
St. Helena Sound → hasNearbyIsland → St. Helena Island ⓘ