![]() ![]() Nine years later in 1883, due to statewide postal delivery problems, the name of Graham had to be changed and this town became “Lake City.” Lake Cityʼs first major industry other than farming was turpentine. The town chartered itself officially as “Graham” on March 4, 1874. ![]() This railroad and its depot provided a nucleus around which an energetic mercantile community developed. By the 1850ʼs, this crossroads had developed into a plantation with a smoke house, a gin, several barns and slave quarters, and had become known as “Grahamʼs Crossroads.” The North Eastern Railroad completed their north-south line with a freight depot in 1858, built several hundred feet west of Grahamʼs Crossroads. In the 1820ʼs Lake City was called the “Crossroads,” the place where the road between Charleston and Cheraw crosses the road between Georgetown and Camden. Lake City is located at the western tip of the northern branch of Lynches Lake. Lynches Lake was frequently cited as the home area of many patriots in General Francis Marionʼs Brigade. Lynches Lake was a geographical designation on plats and maps during the colonial era, before there were many towns, hence few town names. Lynches Lake is a series of lakes, extending east from Williamsburg Township to Witherspoonʼs Ferry, which is present-day Johnsonville. ![]() The more densely populated areas all along this waterway became known as Lynches Lake. Williamsburg Townshipʼs population began to grow because settlers immigrated to this area for its good reliable water, similar Scots-Irish neighbors, inexpensive or even free land, and close proximity to the Lynches Creek “highway” to Georgetown and Charleston markets. By the 1730ʼs, the greater Lake City area of the Pee Dee was known as Williamsburg Township. ![]()
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