South Carolina
- Abbeville (from Abbeville, France)
- Abbeville County, South Carolina
- Beaufort
- Bonneau (from bonne eau, "good water")
- Bordeaux (from Bordeaux, France)
- Eau Claire ("Clear Water")
- Fort Motte
- Gaston (A common French given name)
- Gourdin
- La France
- Pacolet
- Port Royal Sound
- Sans Souci ("No Worries", the French name of chateau of Frederick the Great, famously Francophile)
- Turbeville
- Vaucluse (from the Vaucluse, France)
Read more about this topic: List Of U.S. Place Names Of French Origin
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“During Prohibition days, when South Carolina was actively advertising the iodine content of its vegetables, the Hell Hole brand of ‘liquid corn’ was notorious with its waggish slogan: ‘Not a Goiter in a Gallon.’”
—Administration in the State of Sout, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“To lib and die in Dixie!
Away, away, away down South in Dixie!”
—Daniel Decatur Emmett (1815–1904)
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—Anna Julia Cooper (1859–1964)