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The Sea Islands are a chain of tidal and barrier islands on the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 coast of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. They number over 100, and are located between the mouths of the Santee
Santee River

The Santee River is a river in South Carolina in the United States, long. The Santee and its tributaries provide the principal drainage and navigation for the central coastal plain of South Carolina, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean approximately from its farthest headwater on the Catawba River in North Carolina, Much of upper river is i...
 and St. Johns River
St. Johns River

The St. Johns River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida, stretching 310 miles from Indian River County, Florida to the Atlantic Ocean in Jacksonville, Florida in Duval County, Florida....
s along the coast of the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
s of South Carolina
South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
 and Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
. They are noted historically for their distinct Gullah
Gullah

The Gullah are African Americans who live in the South Carolina Low Country region of South Carolina and Golden Isles of Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands....
/Geechee Creole-type culture and language and currently for rapid resort, recreational, and residential development.

During the American Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
, the Union Navy and the Union Army occupied the islands early in the war.






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The Sea Islands are a chain of tidal and barrier islands on the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 coast of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. They number over 100, and are located between the mouths of the Santee
Santee River

The Santee River is a river in South Carolina in the United States, long. The Santee and its tributaries provide the principal drainage and navigation for the central coastal plain of South Carolina, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean approximately from its farthest headwater on the Catawba River in North Carolina, Much of upper river is i...
 and St. Johns River
St. Johns River

The St. Johns River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida, stretching 310 miles from Indian River County, Florida to the Atlantic Ocean in Jacksonville, Florida in Duval County, Florida....
s along the coast of the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
s of South Carolina
South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
 and Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
. They are noted historically for their distinct Gullah
Gullah

The Gullah are African Americans who live in the South Carolina Low Country region of South Carolina and Golden Isles of Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands....
/Geechee Creole-type culture and language and currently for rapid resort, recreational, and residential development.

During the American Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
, the Union Navy and the Union Army occupied the islands early in the war. The whites had fled to the mainland while the blacks stayed, largely running their own lives (as they already had much of the time, since plantation families often stayed on the mainland to avoid malaria and isolation). This changed after President Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery....
 signed the Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two Executive order s issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War....
. When the proclamation went into effect on January 1, 1863, over 5,000 slaves on Union-occupied islands obtained their freedom. Unlike some Union-occupied areas of Virginia and Louisiana, the Sea Islands were not exempted from the Proclamation.

They were also struck by the Sea Islands Hurricane in 1893.



Major Sea Islands


South Carolina


Sea Islands in Charleston County, South Carolina
Charleston County, South Carolina

Charleston County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. According to a 2005 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, its population was 330,368....
  • Bear Island
  • Bull Island
  • Dewees Island
    Dewees Island

    Dewees Island is a residential community on a barrier island near Charleston, South Carolina, South Carolina. The environmentally-conscious community is designed to live in harmony with its natural surroundings....
  • Edisto Island (also in Colleton County
    Colleton County, South Carolina

    Colleton County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. In 2000, its population was 38,264 . Its county seat is Walterboro, South Carolina....
    )
  • Folly Island
    Folly Beach, South Carolina

    Folly Beach is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,117 at the 2000 census. As defined by the U.S....
  • Isle of Palms
    Isle of Palms, South Carolina

    Isle of Palms is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population on the island was 4,583....
  • James Island
    James Island (South Carolina)

    James Island is one of South Carolina's most urban Sea Islands and is one of the six distinct areas of the city proper of Charleston, South Carolina....
  • Johns Island
    Johns Island, South Carolina

    John's Island, also spelled Johns Island, is one of the many Sea Islands along the coast of South Carolina. Located to the west of James Island and to the east of Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina and inshore of Seabrook Island and Kiawah Island....
  • Kiawah Island
    Kiawah Island, South Carolina

    Kiawah Island is a town and island near Charleston County, South Carolina, in the United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the town population was 1,163....
  • Morris Island
    Morris Island

    Morris Island is an 840 acre uninhabited island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, accessible only by boat. The island lies in the outer reaches of the harbor, and was thus a strategic location in the American Civil War....
  • Seabrook Island
    Seabrook Island, South Carolina

    Seabrook Island is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,250 at the 2000 census. As defined by the U.S....
  • Sullivans Island
    Sullivan's Island, South Carolina

    Sullivan's Island is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States, on a similarly-named island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor....
  • Wadmalaw Island
    Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina

    Wadmalaw Island is an island located in Charleston County, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States....


Sea Islands in Beaufort County, South Carolina
Beaufort County, South Carolina

Beaufort County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. In 2000, its population was 120,937; in 2005 the population was estimated to have reached 137,849....
  • Cane Island
  • Cat Island
  • Coosaw Island
  • Dataw Island
  • Daufuskie Island
  • Distant Island
  • Fripp Island
  • Gibbes Island
  • Hilton Head Island
  • Hunting Island
  • Lady's Island
  • Morgan Island
  • Parris Island
    Parris Island, South Carolina

    Parris Island is a former census-designated place in Beaufort County, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States. The population was 4,841 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • Port Royal Island
    Port Royal, South Carolina

    Port Royal is a town in Beaufort County, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,950 at the 2000 census. Largely because of annexation, the population of the Port Royal town limits has more than doubled since 2000 ....
     - From the 1600s until the American Civil War
    American Civil War

    The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
    , Port Royal Island was the geographical area for St. Helena Parish and the town of Beaufort
    Beaufort, South Carolina

    Beaufort is a city in Beaufort County, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States, situated on the Beaufort River. Chartered in 1711, it is the second-oldest city in South Carolina, behind Charleston, South Carolina....
    , the cultural center for the wealthy planters in the area.
  • St. Helena Island
  • St. Phillips Island


Georgia

The Golden Isles of Georgia
The Golden Isles of Georgia

The Golden Isles of Georgia are a group of four Bar on the 100-mile-long coast of Georgia on the Atlantic Ocean. They include St. Simons, Georgia, Sea Island, Georgia, Jekyll Island, and Little St....
  • Blackbeard Island
    Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge

    The Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge is a 5,618 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in McIntosh County, Georgia county in Georgia ....
  • Cumberland Island
    Cumberland Island

    Cumberland Island is one of the Sea Islands. Cumberland is the largest in terms of continuously exposed land area of Georgia barrier islands, It is located on the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the U.S....
  • Jekyll Island
    Jekyll Island

    Jekyll Island is an island off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia , in Glynn County, Georgia; it is one of the Sea Islands and one of the The Golden Isles of Georgia....
  • Little St. Simons Island
    Little St. Simons, Georgia

    Virtually untouched for centuries, Little St. Simons Island is the most remote and uninhabited of Georgia Golden Isles. The island covers an area of that has been privately owned but recently opened to the public since the early 1970s....
  • Ossabaw Island
    Ossabaw Island

    Ossabaw Island is one of the Sea Islands located on the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Georgia approximately twenty miles by water south from the historic downtown of the city of Savannah, Georgia....
  • St. Catherines Island
    St. Catherines Island

    St. Catherines Island is one of the Sea Islands on the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia , 50 miles south of Savannah, Georgia in Liberty County, Georgia....
  • St. Simons Island
    St. Simons, Georgia

    St. Simons is a census-designated place located on St. Simons Island in Glynn County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. Both the community and the island are commonly considered to be one location, known simply as "St....
  • Sapelo Island
    Sapelo Island

    Sapelo Island is a state-protected island located in McIntosh County, Georgia. The island is only reachable by boat, with the primary ferry coming from the Sapelo Island Visitors Center in McIntosh County, Georgia, a seventeen mile, twenty-minute trip....
  • Sea Island
    Sea Island, Georgia

    Sea Island is an isolated resort island located in what are called the "barrier islands" just off the Atlantic Ocean coast of southern Georgia in the United States....
  • Tybee Island
  • Wassaw Island
    Wassaw Island

    Wassaw Island is one of the Sea Islands. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia and is part of Chatham County, Georgia....


Florida

  • Amelia Island
    Amelia Island

    Amelia Island is one of the southernmost of the Sea Islands, a chain of barrier islands that stretches along the east coast of the United States from South Carolina to Florida....
     and Fernandina Beach


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